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of nearly fifty people before he learn-! ed where she lived and everyone lie j asked about her was willing to bring | hint home and entertain him free‘of i charge until he could locate her. -Thoj Irish ana‘perhaps the most hospitable! people in the world. Cncl bless yon,; “Good night and God be with you, r ami “May you never want, for any-j thing:.1' are very common expressions I in Ireland. One evening while talking to li^rf a nut he remarked to her how little he thought on Christman day ins 191? that, he would so soon ho poking the burning turf in the fire place in her home.Practically all of the thatched roofs ; in Ireland have disappeared but they j are still to he found in the-highlands j of Scotland. Most of the buildings are of stone and mnnv of the roofs are j of tile and .slate. The houses arc of course small.Ireland has good, well attended j schools and the churches are large; and neat. The Irish hoys are passing j the best civil service examinations in* Great Britain. Mass is said daily In J the churches nrnl there is always a ; fair attendance. On Sundays the | churches are crowded. The Irish are ; i\ very reKcnons people, Divorces are; almost unknown in Trolnnd rind sni-f rides are very rave. Krin has perhaps ; the least illegitimacy of any country ; in Btiropc. Major nriivcs iire very few, |In Hie vicinity of Af.iilnne the roads J iirc morllv of stone. They sire narrow.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Wed, Jan 29, 1919
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