tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094790496676897078.post1368710417754061772..comments2023-11-10T09:12:29.419+00:00Comments on Books, Babble and Blarney: Poor but Blessed ~ An Irish Memory (Author Unknown)EA Bucchianerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03685067504150348329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094790496676897078.post-87189908726500599792019-03-22T04:45:34.576+00:002019-03-22T04:45:34.576+00:00My wife (well, ex-wife I guess, divorced, but no m...My wife (well, ex-wife I guess, divorced, but no marriage annulment, so I'm not sure what that makes her to me) grew up in a little cottage, no running water other than from the stream, the only fuel peat she had to cut in the bog. By all accounts she grew up in utter poverty, but they wanted for nothing because they had family and Our Lord and Our Lady. This little poem reminded me of how much she sadly thinks Ireland has changed so much even in her lifetime... the last time she visited home (she lives in Canada now) she hardly recognized the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com