Peter K. Levy
"The Wearing of the Green"
"O, Paddy dear, and did you hear / The news that's going round? / The shamrock is forbid by laws / To grow on Irish ground."
— "The Wearing of the Green," Irish folk song lamenting the aftermath of the Rebellion of 1798
Image: [It's never easy to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's?] "Battle of Ross" by George Cruikshank, illustration for History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 (1845)
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-04-11
#Ireland #Irish #shamrock #rebellionof1798 #TheWearingoftheGreen #quoteoftheday
"The Wearing of the Green"
"O, Paddy dear, and did you hear / The news that's going round? / The shamrock is forbid by laws / To grow on Irish ground."
— "The Wearing of the Green," Irish folk song lamenting the aftermath of the Rebellion of 1798
Image: [It's never easy to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's?] "Battle of Ross" by George Cruikshank, illustration for History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 (1845)
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-04-11
#Ireland #Irish #shamrock #rebellionof1798 #TheWearingoftheGreen #quoteoftheday