The Irish Gift by Douglas Malloch
A poem reflecting on national gifts and Irish wit as a source of mirth. It notes that surplus sills and war skills are unused, while Irish humor spreads joy worldwide. The verse ends with the idea that Irish wit has scattered happiness across the earth.
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Douglas Malloch
Be Good My Dear And Do Noble Things
A short daughterly blessing quoted from Charles Kingsley urging a child to act nobly. The verse exhorts daily virtue and practical deeds over idle dreams to weave life and death into one grand song.
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Charles Kingsley
Desserts for Hot Days The Fruity Sherbet Parade
A compact guide to light frozen treats using lemon pineapple and other fruits. It outlines making lemon pineapple sherbet with sugar water rind and egg white, a gelatin orange juice melon mix, and a banana cream sherbet with whipped cream.
Badger Tooth Charm Sews Luck for Gambler Says McClure
A folk proverb from the McClure Newspaper Syndicate claims a gambler who keeps a badger’s wisdom tooth in his left vest pocket will gain luck and never lose. The detail emphasizes a talismanic belief in protective luck.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Never too late to begin after fifty says bishop’s tale
A column reflecting on aging, urging that turning fifty is not a end but a start. Citing Michaelangelo Goethe and a bishop who rose from rector to bishop in fifteen years, the piece argues age should not curb ambition or productivity. It praises continued work, learning, and living fully past fifty toward a long, active life.
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Michael Angelo
St. Peter’s
Goethe
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Snake's tail superstition traced to ancient myth
The piece explains the sun related snake tail belief as a myth rooted in Egyptian lore with Horus and Apap, notes how Greek and Roman mythologies borrow from Egypt, and contrasts past language use with present customs including Christmas. It also observes customs and language evolve over time.
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United States
Horus
Apap
Osiris
Sun
Set
Asiris
Apollo
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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