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Thread #8734 Message #4126671
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
19-Nov-21 - 12:24 AM
Thread Name: ADD: As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (P. La Farge)
Subject: RE: ADD: As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (P. La Farge)
Old country savages ;)
““Good by, Mr. O'Callaghan.”
“May God and the Blessed Virgin bless you, and yours, as long as grass grows and water runs!”
Such was the grateful benediction of an “Irish savage!”” [A Winter in Dublin, Vol.I, Sedley, 1808]