Download or read book Irish Wit Wisdom and Humor written by Gerd De Ley and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 1,000 uniquely Irish jokes, puns, and witty observations fit to split anyone’s sides! Take a hilarious tour through Irish history and popular culture, with inimitable insights from Irish celebrities, writers, artists, and more. Ireland sober is Ireland stiff. This collection compiles over 1,000 witticisms, musings, deep thoughts, and one-liners from and about Ireland. Inside you’ll find insights from some of the best representatives of the Emerald Isle, including: • James Joyce • Oscar Wilde • Bono • Edna O'Brien • C.S. Lewis • Sinead O'Connor • George Bernard Shaw • And many more! Distilled from the most popular jokes, witticisms, and wisecracks in Irish history and pop culture, this book is the perfect read for when you want a quick laugh!
Download or read book 500 Best Irish Jokes and Limericks written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 500 of the very best one-liners, groaners, and limericks to come from a people who turn them out.
Download or read book Oscar Wilde s Wit and Wisdom written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.
Download or read book The Official Jewish Irish Joke Book written by Larry Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cowboy Wisdom written by Gerd De Ley and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring collection of over 200 favorite quotations about the Old West. From Roy Rogers to Will Rogers, Gene Autry to John Wayne, cowboys have always been a part of America. Now, Cowboy Wisdom collects over 200 essential quotes from history, myth and culture about the defining era of the Wild West, including humor, wise words, and powerful quotations. Cowboy Wisdom is great for the lover of the cowboy days, western movies, and Americana. Cowboy Wisdom presents a carefully curated collection of fun, ribald, and classic quotes celebrating the spirit of the days gone by.
Download or read book Leprechaun Luck written by Erin Gobragh and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May this book bring a smile,some happiness, too,and may the luck of the Irishbe always with you.
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill written by Dominique Enright and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of Churchill's wittiest remarks as a record of all that was best about this endearing, conceited, talented and wildly funny Englishman.
Download or read book Oxymoronica written by Dr. Mardy Grothe and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ox-y-mor-on-i-ca (OK-se-mor-ON-uh-ca) noun, plural: Any variety of tantalizing, self-contradictory statements or observations that on the surface appear false or illogical, but at a deeper level are true, often profoundly true. See also oxymoron, paradox. examples: "Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad." Victor Hugo "To lead the people, walk behind them." Lao-tzu "You'd be surprised how much it coststo look this cheap." Dolly Parton You won't find the word "oxymoronica" in any dictionary (at least not yet) because Dr. Mardy Grothe introduces it to readers in this delightful collection of 1,400 of the most provocative quotations of all time. From ancient thinkers like Confucius, Aristotle, and Saint Augustine to great writers like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and G. B. Shaw to modern social observers like Woody Allen and Lily Tomlin, Oxymoronica celebrates the power and beauty of paradoxical thinking. All areas of human activity are explored, including love, sex and romance, politics, the arts, the literary life, and, of course, marriage and family life. The wise and witty observations in this book are as highly entertaining as they are intellectually nourishing and are sure to grab the attention of language lovers everywhere.
Download or read book 101 So Bad They re Good Irish Dad Jokes Funny Dad Gift Idea Perfect for Saint Patrick s Day Father s Day and Dad Birthday written by Elias Hill and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the Irishman get gold teeth?What do you call it when you prank an Irishman on Sunday?Did you hear about the Irishman who fainted on a carousel? Everyone loves a good laugh and there are few funnier lines than the ones you get in a good old-fashioned Irish joke. But when you add really bad Dad humor into the mix, the jokes descend to a whole new level, so much that they become good. In this book, 101 So Bad, They're Good Irish Dad Jokes, you'll laugh yourself silly, impress (or not) your friends and enjoy a rollicking good time that will make everyone Erin go Bragh-ha-ha! So if you ever wondered why the Irish army is so strict about their uniforms or why the Irishman moved his modem into the barn, then get a copy of this hilarious book and find out. Perfect for dipping in and out of whenever you are feeling down or just need a laugh, 101 So Bad, They're Good Irish Dad Jokes, is a book every home should have. Great dad gift idea for Saint Patrick's, birthday, and Christmas!
Download or read book The Biggest Ever Tim Vine Joke Book written by Tim Vine and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irrepressible, hysterical, puntastical Tim Vine, star of stage and screen, treats all of us here in his first joke book. Packed full of zingers and hilarious illustrations, if this doesn't put a smile on your face, nothing will. What's not to like: The other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my dressing room. I didn't know what to make of it. I'm against hunting. I'm actually a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox. I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one. Black holes. I don't know what people see in them. So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, 'Nearest the bull goes first.' He went 'Baah' and I went 'Moo'. He said 'You're closest.' Velcro. What a rip-off. Black Beauty. He's a dark horse. I've got a sponge front door. Hey, don't knock it.
Download or read book Speaking My Mind written by Ronald Reagan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important speeches of America's "Great Communicator": Here, in his own words, is the record of Ronald Reagan's remarkable political career and historic eight-year presidency.
Download or read book Irish Proverbs and Sayings written by Padraic O'Farrell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the power of Irish wit and wisdom with this collection of quotes, proverbs and blessings from Padraic O'Farrell. Discover the timeless wisdom of great Irish men such as Shaw, Wilde, Synge and Swift, as well as the unspoiled gems of Irish folklore and legend. Perfect for those seeking a taste of Irish culture, this book is a must-have for anyone celebrating St Patrick's Day and beyond. * There's no point in keeping a dog if you are going to do your own barking. * The best way to get an Irishman to refuse to do something is by ordering it. * Initiative is praiseworthy when it succeeds, stupid when it fails. * Burning the candle at both ends will soon leave you without a light.“/p> * The smaller the cottage, the wider the door. * Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. - Oscar Wilde
Download or read book Wit s End What Wit Is How It Works and Why We Need It written by James Geary and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertaining, illuminating, and entirely unique, Wit’s End “convey[s] the power of wit to refresh the mind” (Henry Hitchings, Wall Street Journal). In “this inventive and playful book” (Tom Beer, Newsday), James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit. Adopting a different style for each chapter—from dramatic dialogue to sermon, heroic couplets to a barroom monologue—Geary embodies wit in all its forms. Wit’s End agilely balances psychology, folktale, visual art, and literary history with lighthearted humor and acute insight, demonstrating that wit and wisdom are really the same thing.
Download or read book A Treasury of Irish Folklore written by Padraic Colum and published by . This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joys of Irish Humor written by Henry D. Spalding and published by Jonathan David Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delightful volume by a renowned expert on ethnic humor presents the choicest of Irish poetry, limericks, anecdotes, jokes, and words of wisdom. It's all here: the loving, the fighting, the drinking, the praying, the struggling, and the laughing.
Download or read book Proverbs from Around the World written by Gerd De Ley and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proverbs from Around the World collects the best proverbs from all corners of the earth. As much as there are differences in our cultures, traditions, and beliefs, there are more similarities between us all than we all realize. One of these similarities is our penchant to record age-old wisdom through generations. Proverbs from Around the World feature a grand collection of these passed down knowledge and witticisms from all continents--Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. In so doing, the book gives insight to the wonderful and rich cultures around the world and perhaps helping us all realize that ultimately we are one people.
Download or read book Me and Mine written by Anna May Mangan and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderfully compelling and entertaining memoir about the experiences of a London Irish family. In the tradition of ANGELA'S ASHES.
