Ireland in ten words
Sep 10th, 2003, 05:52 AM
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Ireland in ten words
I?m always curious about how Ireland is viewed from the outside. If you could only use a maximum of ten words to describe it (whether speaking from experience or simply from what you?ve read or heard) how would you describe ?The Emerald Isle??
Sep 10th, 2003, 08:53 AM
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Well, Degas when we were there in September of 2001 (boy, do I have a cool answer to "where were you on 9/11?"!) we hardly saw any rain. In fact, we had to buy sunscreen!
So I didn't include Rain.
So I didn't include Rain.
Sep 10th, 2003, 09:14 AM
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koshka, be happy you got lucky with no rain.
Did you hear this one over there: May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
Did you hear this one over there: May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
Sep 11th, 2003, 09:50 AM
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Dragon, I would not have wrote it if it was not one of the notable and consistent things which I experienced on my vacation in Ireland. I am not "describing Ireland" or the Irish. I am describing my personal experience.
Have you experienced Ireland? Perhaps You have a stereotype of what people think of Ireland. My personal views are from real experience in Ireland. BTW I Love Ireland and the Irish and plan to return.
Sep 11th, 2003, 11:23 AM
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In defense of Jor, Dragon, by the end of my trip to Ireland, I personally hated the English, too. And most of my ancestry is English, including a grandmother and grandfather!
I've just been totally unaware. Somehow the Irish point of view was never raised at my dinner table growing up.
But the word I'd emphasize the most out of ten is "kind." Everyone had a patience that makes one's vacation a vacation.
My oldest told me on day three that when anyone is in a mean mood in the US, there should be an automatic "beaming" to Ireland to get him/her straight.
I've just been totally unaware. Somehow the Irish point of view was never raised at my dinner table growing up.
But the word I'd emphasize the most out of ten is "kind." Everyone had a patience that makes one's vacation a vacation.
My oldest told me on day three that when anyone is in a mean mood in the US, there should be an automatic "beaming" to Ireland to get him/her straight.
Sep 12th, 2003, 09:26 AM
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Until I visited Ireland I never knew what the school books never taught me. Ireland was the slave nation of the British Empire. Their crops, their young men, their homes. All to powere the Empire. I have listened to the comments of the Irish many times how they do not like the English.
Sep 12th, 2003, 09:31 AM
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I was in Ireland in 2001 during the Foot/Mouth disease that was ravaging the UK.
Most Irish were of the firm believe that the English got what they deserve with the that one. I would call it hatred but animosity.
Most Irish were of the firm believe that the English got what they deserve with the that one. I would call it hatred but animosity.
