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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#4 - IRELAND
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| IRELAND. |
| THE
Emerald Isle from time immemorial
has been the home of merry sport
and gladsome enjoyment. Its
people are hotheaded and quick to
resent offence, generous to a
fault, and forgiving to a degree,
superstitious, devout and easy
going. |
| The
celebration of Hallowe'en, the
31st of October is a festivity
that is looked forward to with
keenest anticipation by all the
young people of Ireland. Numerous
are the games played. For
instance apples are placed in a
tub of water and each in turn
tries to pick one out with his
teeth. If successful it predicted
luck in matters of love. |
| Another
Hallowe'en game is Apple and
Candle. On a stick 18 inches
long, an apple is fastened at one
end, and a lighted candle at the
other. The stick is suspended
from the ceiling by a string and
then the string is swung backward
and forward, while the players
one by one try to catch the apple
in their teeth. |
| Who
shall describe the Irish jig.
Into its engaging movements and
attractive energy is infused much
of the national spirit. |
| A
peculiar sport of the Irish, and
one very characteristic of the
humor of the race is that of the
"Greased Pig." Such an
animal is anointed so that his
hide is extremely slippery. He is
then started to run amuck through
the ranks of those participating
in the play. These attempt to
catch and hold his pigship with
their hands--a difficult task. He
who succeeds, walks off with the
prize the squealing cause of the
tumult and hilarity. |
| The
Irish are famous boxers. Boxing
is the art of using those natural
weapons--the hands, in assault
and defence. To be a good boxer
one must be quick of eye,
self-possessed, ready of device,
agile and good-tempered. |
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