"What the Danes left in Ireland were hens……" — Lady Gregory
"What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'"
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52 Quotes by Lady Gregory
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It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't.
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I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.
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It takes madness to find out madness.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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