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Folk Wisdom and Slovak Winter Sayings
By Vanesa Djibrilova Every culture has its own wisdom summed up in catchy short phrases that are easy to remember. Sayings and proverbs are a form of practical and moral guidance, as cultures present their own understanding of the human experience, crystallised into idioms and folk sayings. Over time, I have been confronted by the…
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‘St Patrick’s Well Lane’ and the Origins of St Patrick’s Day
By Kate Collins (kec66@cam.ac.uk) If you find yourself walking around Dublin this St Patrick’s Day, take a look up at the street signs and you might just see a reminder of how the annual celebrations on the 17th of March are said to have begun. All streets in Dublin have two names, in Irish and…
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