The Crock of Gold Contributor(s): Stephens, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545043434 ISBN-13: 9781545043431 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.47 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: IN the centre of the pine wood called Coilla Doraca there lived not long ago two Philosophers. They were wiser than anything else in the world except the Salmon who lies in the pool of Glyn Cagny into which the nuts of knowledge fall from the hazel bush on its bank. He, of course, is the most profound of living creatures, but the two Philosophers are next to him in wisdom. Their faces looked as though they were made of parchment, there was ink under their nails, and every difficulty that was submitted to them, even by women, they were able to instantly resolve. The Grey Woman of Dun Gortin and the Thin Woman of Inis Magrath asked them the three questions which nobody had ever been able to answer, and they were able to answer them. That was how they obtained the enmity of these two women which is more valuable than the friendship of angels. The Grey Woman and the Thin Woman were so incensed at being answered that they married the two Philosophers in order to be able to pinch them in bed, but the skins of the Philosophers were so thick that they did not know they were being pinched. |