Irish Stories for St. Patrick’s Day

By Lizs Book Snuggery | March 16, 2018

More Irish Tales and Stories   If you’re searching for some tales on St. Patrick himself, who by the by was NOT Irish, but research concludes this saint’s origins point to south Wales, (specifically neath Port Talbot,) then look no further than that sweet leprechaun Tomie de Paola’s “Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland.” It’s a…

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Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato

By Lizs Book Snuggery | March 10, 2011

I think Big Anthony and Jamie O’Rourke must have been from the same gene pool. I’ve always wanted to ask Tomie de Paola if Big Anthony from the Strega Nona stories and Jamie O’Rourke were distant cousins twice removed. One doesn’t pay attention, and the other is the laziest man in all of Ireland! Three…

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