The Ultimate Guide To
Fun Facts About Ireland

Be the #1 Ireland expert in your family! Entertain yourself with tons of unusual facts about Ireland and Irish culture. Makes a great gift for other Ireland-lovers your know.

Bet you didn't know that:

- Medieval Irish laws allowed a man to divorce his wife for "making a mess of everything"

- Ten per cent of the people in County Roscommon today are Brazilian

- The word "quiz" was invented in the 1830's by a theater owner who bet he could make a nonsense word known across Dublin in just 48 hours

Includes chapters on:

• Old Irish traditions and eccentricities
  - like the fact that the first three days of April are called "borrowed days," and are expected to have terrible weather
• Bet you didn't know...
  - the national symbol of Ireland is the harp, and not the shamrock
• Ireland nowadays
  - did you know that Muhammad Ali has some Irish heritage?
• Wacky Irish Trivia
  - like the fact that on Irish farms, a pig who lived in the house was once called "the man who pays the rent."
• Irish Words and Meanings
  - who knew the first American hillbillies were Irish?
• Irish Christmas Facts
  - includes the meaning of "Little Women's Christmas"

Learn new proverbs:
"If you want an audience, start a fight."

And some favorite Irish quotations:
"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet." - Oliver Herford

Enjoy this collection of interesting, amusing and, yes, even useful facts about Ireland and Irish culture! Now, with great new sections on Irish Proverbs and Quotations. All for just $11.99

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