eiRe "Ph.IAc etlc ASSOCt.4C10n

- ...... l€lt Vol. VI - No. IV

Whole Number 32

March - April 1956

Neil Stack Editor

PAINTING

JACK 8. YEATS

I N IRELAND

approach to the Irish scene The near­est one couJ.d get to it VQOid be to srq all rOll1" are decidedly ~tic painters.

CCJlPa3I'rI01 '~'l'MKI1'.r DIn"BR O'IJeUl is !lainly rested in text-ure IllIri toDal. ric ss. Bas 8D7 Irish­man ever paiuted , _ as be has? Cam~ll is 1nte~sted in fcmuJ. ccapo­sitton and sp8ge-treatment. NaDo bid has a nare f o'r pattern structure vb:Ue Collins deaJ:s in the Rembrllllritesque 'IItT­stems of!'shaddow. Had they been bcm!. on the Caht1nent, one reels, though theT might hive risen higher, theT would be aore .~r-shadowad 117 the great abstl:w:1H iomlts, less interestingly id1olJ11lC1'atb

By Arland Ussher I lEATS-THE LYRIC PA.DI'l'EIl

An encouraging feature in Irelano/ This lJ'ricism in tbe lI8IJIl8r-not at today, is the wide-spread interesy necessarily in tbe content-is of coaree in the art of painting. It is I}n particularly striking in Irelllllri's grea: interest which scarcely existed ,l.1.n est twentieth century painter, Jack B. the grea t days of the Literary / Re- Yeate, who recently scored a _ess in nascence or at any other timel in ~ Paris ooddbition. recent history. ' The annual e'xhib- One French critic has not hesitated to itions of the Hibernia n Aca1emy, canpare h:1m With Momt and Constabl., the Living Art group, the Dublin thOU8h be is certainly more 'l1ter817,' Painters, and the Oireachtras, be- more of a greure-painter, than either of sides an unceasing round of "one- them. AmODg the moderns, he is perhaps man shows" have .made ma/ y Irishmen m051; akin-in different wrqa-to Itoms-keenly alive to paintifa' g-as the chka and James Ensor; _~ough his mood is interpretation of vis al experience (Continued on page 25!¥.) through a diversity f temperaments. =r==

IU.TIONlL MUSEUM ACQUllHES HISTORIC ruG nSIGNATURE-roNE" ~ "1

The nag of the ll~sh Citizens Arrq I Even the least tabl.e of Irish paint- which disappeared 8tter the 1916 Rising,

ers possesses hi or her "signature-tune." can nov be seen , t the National ~. The individuals are more marked than the The flag, of poeen poplin, bears a de-SChools. It would be hard to f'iDi labels sign of a plo~h super1llposed b7 the to tit such artists as Daniel O'Neill, seven stars of its heawnJ.y counterpart. George Campbell, Nano Reid and Patrick L1eutenanyW:l.ll1B118, 9th Reserve C ..... Collins. '!base four painters, taken at alr7, re~d tile nil&: fraa thII burn1JJg randan, briDg modernist accent into tbe:Ir lIIIper1al. Hotel on Dublin'lI O'ColU1811 St-

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(COllt:lJJLued from page 2S7) l",g'.I."'=r. more DOstaJ.c:lcr. He the "turf-

intimacy of his only ,"",",-Cn.tB ri Tal, IHI!'IIrV. Also. he lacks the genure

such pictures as Henry's IPo,ta11;o-Dil~gers. IHelory can paint a mountain

the air and drinks the lllist, wb,reasl :le.n.s makes a street S08M/ as remote as a saga or a Tision seen in cr,ystal. Both thods have their dangers. and Henry, SOllIe

ha.s too contentecilj become the slave his conri.ction. I

HENRY AND YEATS CGlPARED

Hairy'S originality c4 be appreciated by ICOlIllpSLl'iIlg him with what may be called the

lHghlsnds· Sdboolof Irish painters the freshness of ,his Tision 1s under-

I~:~!::::~:sto~. it 15 due in part to the Ie with wh1c!h it has ilIIposed ~U8'9.u.1

....... +.0. on the othel1 hand, 111 DOt the mere lem.o,&:Lo~1a.L artist tha I SOllIe see in hill; his I .... 'n.~;n is 11DI1SUally strong and controlled. and his sketching, if,. the bend of an arm or

ourve of a horse/'s bead can recall a sculpt;areLd frieze. IBut it is abaTe all by

J. ".,.u.1lI$ for space that he is without ri-Tbe peculia emptiness and the elec-

air of Ire , i til desolatell8s8 and sudden IlAg:l.cal "light-ups.n the symbolic

lassoc:is.ti()D of the landscape with indiTidual national tr dies-DO one has ever in-

all thil so -well as in the teI1l8 paint. Yeat' palette has often been

loaLl'ed with Watte IS; and be is perhaps the WR .. ~tE,an of ghostly grandure. of fairYland-in­reduced-circums tances. (Continued on page 259)

Th ll rtotl Conolly: THE. LOST COW. Oil on panfil 18" X 30·,

Gerard Dillon: OMfY ISLJoNO REGATTA. all on p.Jne/10· X 30"

GeorCII Campbell: CALM EVENING, CARUNGFORD. Oil on board 16" X 20 ',

D~n;el O'Neill: flOWERS ON A SHORE. Oil 011 panel 16" X 20",

PAIN'.rIRG m IBELAlID (Cont.1=ad ~ page 2$8)

"OUT-OF-ALIGlMEiri

B;r HaJ;colm G. O'Beil.l,y, B.P.A. President

All. who do IIOre than just dabble in t.bII +"""1"" looks IIIOre to the Cont.1Dtnt Irish overprints are tamill.ar v.l:t.h the over-

r painters llke ClBborll8, printing cond:!. tioD, ~ II1splBeed storeos, lIhth INatluJIII1111 HoDt Orpen. ~r, it IlUSt reBlllted in adjacent. stamps hav1Dg the over-

adIII1tted tha Qrpen bequeathed a tradi- print on one out-or-aUgnment nth the over-~ robust iste17 to such '99terans as print or the other. 'lbis has been centered O'Sulll't'BII Keatillg, HcGonigaJ; and .IlUIlDaito a large extent on the Dollard 1.oIIer .,aJ;n-

111'e~IUIQ's 1nt.e at in individual. character es (id to lSh.) and almost excl.usi'99~ to probab~ wys gi'99 us portrd.t pa1nt- their horizontaJ; aligmaent. and here a least we mBiY be sd.d to '!'rIle, the Thall's rece1'99 some acceptance a traditio reaching back to James thus aff'licted-or enhanced, as the

ABS'l'RACTIO IN'l'RODUCED m mE '208

Abstraetioniem was introduced to Ireland the late '205 by' two pupils ~ Gles:les,

Hone and Jellett. Erle Hom d1ter'll3lrds be pred ca1 nate~ a relig10us

I, .. ·"'i.it in the me"1lIIl at sta1ned.-glass, in \wh:LCh her reputa1fon is WOl'ld-vicle to<ia;r.

We have abatrac pa1nters today" in 'lhurloe

lector sees t1t-but considerably less than is COIIIIIIIIllSUrate with their iIIIportanoe. 'l'h1s is clue possib~ to tw reasonsl 1. The Thall stereo size precludes the possibilit,' ot arv great quantity-as caapared with the Dollarda. 2. They were a ld.Dd ot philatelic anti-cl.imax considering the exaggerated attributed to the Dollard 's ou1~ot-~I.li.gml8nt1

CUT-OF-ALIGNMENT VARIETIES I~~:=;~;: and semi bstraetion:l.sts;l.n lIfeTill I. Kenneth cod, Doreen Vanaton and There are other "out-of-aligment" varie-

Yeats. To t s lillt can aJ;so be added that have almost been cOlllpletll~ ne-the name ot Eli th Ri'99rs, int.erpretllr ~ 1t71A"·~.A"I. Same are readily apparent, others mlll.llCU stories n the terms ~ lite on th8 after caref'ul l118asurement. All. of +.h_1

IAT'an Islands. Ce 11 Salkeld, the ear~ are ~ a collectable status and to Itrl.ODaer in siJllpli ity, uees a technique that speCialist's epeciaJ;ist-a necessity. is Germanic to c ture the intensity ot the To incite an interest in these .,ar1etiss, Irish light. are going to treat tirst, that which is

1~:~:;~g!:I~~ last. It sutticient 1n1~el"ast.\ IEECH-THE LEAS SCllBER OF IRISH ARTISTS Ie work our way backward to

Haw d1trerent barvll1 ng ~ light is tram its t1'9ament. in the French and EIlglish THE EASTER RlSDlG VARIETI Schools can be sa in the work or W.J. LallObi

is perhaps, least somber or Irish Scme 14 years ago. in April ot 1941, two artists. Leech's cial.ty is the I"'nab'.... were overprinted in cOIIIIIISIDoration ot that talls upon an object like a strip ot 1916 Easter Rising against British op-color, 1Ibereas the llght sought atter by _n IprasEliOlIl. The c1etin:l.ti'99 3d and the regular like Salkeld and 0 Neill is lIhat the peat in a new color, were O'99rprinted in <I ....... .,

IlDIlaJllt when he said "Brightness taJ;ls trom in rlolet or in green-"194l-In raemor.r the air." rising 1916... Yes, these stamps exist

1W INDIVIDU PAINTERS WHO S~ND APART FR(Jo! MODERN SCHOOlS

Two verT indirl painters, who stand apart frClll the mod I'll schools are Patrick Hennessy and Lady enavy. Both are amazing virtuosos, showing OOnsUlllate sld.ll in their rendering ~ text e, lltone or textile. W D:LJ.ElI Lady Glenavy's war is one ~ an almost gay tantasy, lIsnnessyis is the reaJ;- though a subtly-d1sturb1ngrld, the spell-bound world ~ La Belle a Bois Endomi. Lady

the O'99rprint out-ot-aUgnment. Wh:Ua as marked as in the Dollard's and Tbaa' variety can be seen with the naked eye.

on page 260)

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PAINTING IN (Continued from page 259)

Glenavy is in the EngUah tion of the .

Hennessy's is likB a Dutc 'little master.' w:l.th an added Existentiali t 'Dread. ' . The fact that one is al.~ tefPted to drop into

tr.r about Henness;y sh~wr .. he is more than the llere -painter's painte;;' that he has bee ca.Ued,; but his work. outs ding as it is. h!lll a certain anemia and rbidity which­perhaps-are al.so or Irallmd.

PATRICK SWIFT-AN /INDIVIDUALIST

Another painter of mar~ individua1ity is Patrick Sw:Lft. who scrubs the face of objec .... ivity till nothing of elllo ion or atmosphere remains. Instead of uSinf the gyroscope of the surrea1ist. he emplo;ril. almost the leu

the naturalist. but withao.t Rnskinisn prettiness. '!'he result. r. is often

ld and precise. with almost Japanese ee 0lI0IlIY" and silllpliei ty.

FATHER HANIDN AND 1ERANGES KELLY

style based on the Quattroccn serve to e better known.

OTHER IRISH PAINTERS NOTE

other pa:inters who can exc te us are: Ca1h rine Scal.l;y. George Wallace,. Hilda Roberts

and David Hone. Among more fixed in a particular convention are Fergus O'I\Yan and Norah MeGuillBss. (The )

Nevill Johnson : THE STRANGER. 011 on panel. 31 M X 36',

It would be iJIIpossible to ~ntion every "OUT-OF-ALIGNMENT" Irish artist of ~anise or accanplisbnent in (ContimJ.ed from page 259) his short essay'. but !:l~ather Hanlon and

snees Kelly lIB have . tars of great fres From the diagram (shown on page 261) it ness and delicacy. Both! perhaps are less s Eq re~ be observed that the variety is cessful in their trea~ep:t of religi011s sub- not unCClllllIlOJl. The diagram represents o~ jects. for which they l~k strength and one sheet of two panas of 120 stampe. sepa­depth. They are essentiall3' decorators. But rated by' the usual. eolUlllll of pillars. It they bring a light to\lCh~ into Irish painting would seem logical. that the cnrerprinting vas which is badly needed. I done on a mill sheet of 960 subjects. This

accounts for the possibility of additional. PAINTERS INSPIRED BY ~CHRISTI.AN THEHES positions beillg out-o£-al.igmaent. . ! Where a horil/lontal. or vertical. arrow sp-

no painter inspired by istian themes. 81 a11gmaent o~ in measurement. It WOIlld be strl).llg9 !ver 1£ Ireland had pears, the subjects involved are out-of-

sides Evie Hone. she has I one in Patrick Pya. Where a diagonal. arrow appears, the m1s­In his dramatiC space-f1ling aDd his dark a11gnnent is in the direction of the a:rrow. lexJoressiw masses. we seem to see shadows- The illustration is of a block. The upper still slightly lIIlorphoUStor great things to pane is wrtically out-of-alip19nt with the come. lower p!IJl8. (EDi of Article.)

GERARD Df WJN

Gerard Dillon is a pain~r with a medieval. fancy. His picto.res sej to be suggested by the sculptural. designs on Celtio crosses. He is a pleasant colorist it seems a pity that no one has ever tllouSht of using hisde­llght.f'u1 illustrations fOf a children's book Muriel Brandt's heads of hildren alwa;rssbow subtlety and p8llBtration.. This artist's 11111-ral paintings in the Francil.scan Church-in a

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COMI NG EVENTS IN BRITAIN

Thia month'lII eOYer j lj II. British Travel and Holidays Associa· tion colour photograph of the old-world harbour at Annalong which lies on th e coast road midway between Newcastle and Kilkeel in County Down, 38 mile~ from Belfast. The lower foothills of the Mourne Mountains form a perfee.1 background to Ihis picturesque fishing village.

Every issue is crowded with fine photographs of the British scene- pictures: of beautiful countryside, ttistoric places, pageantry and people. Every issue contains a feast of pleasant reading abo ut the Britain of yesterday and today. And every issue includes a listing of forth­coming events in England. Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland. T he magazine will be scnt to any address in the U.K. for 15 /- a year; to any address in Canada o r the U .S.A. for $2 or 15 /-

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"1922" GOES J.'HOvlBO

Sh1ttAId OVerprints Produce Strange Results

.BT Perry AdElll8, E. P .J.. 684

It had been a routine order-accurate~ fW.ed, as I thought. NaIr came the client's rep~. Out ot the enve~ope slid a check, a letter and 0118 Irish OVerpr:l.n1;-8cott (aDd Gibbons) No. ~, mint, the id Dollard, ' then se~l.ing for two or three cents.

IlSUre~ you can SUPPl:T a better 11 than this," wrote the client. A glanae at the ofrender gave _ a bit of a joU. UnillteJrt­ionaJ.ly. I had sent h:IJn a type-eh1tt variet7 worth 11l1li;1, ~ t:!llles the 1lO1'IIlal- COPT 0l'dIr­ed. For all that, he had Bignall;r faUed to reCOgnize his good fortune. ADd;yet I real-­bed that he was not to be blamed tor that.

HOOT UNAWARE OF OVERPRIN'lED VARIETIES

I..1b so m~ collectors, 1Ibo 1I01"k ~ excJ.usivelJ' fran the standard ca~gs, he probab~ had had little opportunity to be­cane aware of IIIOre than the haDdfUl of OVer­print varieties space pe1'lll1ts these cata10gs to show. The Dollard variety of ~, return­ed, was listed in several of the ol.der, spe­Cialized hmldbooks on Irish stalllpll, 8IJIODg them W.G. Meredith's- :rIlE PCS'rA.G& SUMPS <F mET•AND, 1922-1927, an invalnable lIOrk to this da7.

'1'!PESHIFT-"PART DAm AT TOP AND PART AT FOOl'

The Vpesh1f't was like a minature 1andsl.1dl. 1bl 1!ho1e oVerprint had dropped so BlUch that only the upper portion of -1922- appeared at the root of the stamp, wh11e lover e1eaents of the date in the row aboYe, shClll8d at the top of the affected copy-. Keredi th called th:I.s, as might be expected, ·part Date at Top and Part at Foot", and it happeDed with several. vaJ.ues of both Dollard and Thea 0Iar-­printings, being quick17 caught and correct­ed in the runs, so that DOt too I111III;1 got in to c1rcu2ation. by are a great deal scarc­er ~ than wben discOYSred, because so lIany have been passed onr t.brough a ~ack of recognition of what they were, and thus have been ~ost in use.

llRCTfiSE mROUGH MEREDli'H Vll7 to 'l.I.44

Members wbo own copies ot Meredith will identii'y his list which follows, and several. other liSts of related t;ypesh:Ltts, as conr­ed by h:l.s numbers Vll7 to Vl44, inclusiw. (Cont:1nued on page 262) 261

Shifted O'ferprints Produce Strange R.esuJ.ts (ContiDued from page 261)

Since Meredith's da;y, a fev other T8J.ues have been added to some of these llsts. I regzet not haVing kept a record of them as they appeared, nor do I know offhand of a:n:r recentJ.y corrected groupiDgs, though they mq 1Iell exist. However, Meredith' s .t'.lnd-1ngS embrace the lion's abare, and serve to draw attention to a !lOst interesting lot of varieties, all amo:og tbB RLaltas section.

DA.'l'E AT '!UP

DOLLARD

DOILARD PART DATE AT '!UP AND PART AT FOOT

i'Dollard ld • l~ '!hall black 2d" " Die II . 2d • 11 Die I 2d "blue-black Die II 2d" n " Die I 6d "black 9d Dollard black 9d TheIn (red on black-brown--cf:

"agate" ). b related llst1ngs appear :ilII1Iediate~

before and atter the foregoing.

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l~ ibaI black 2<1 " " Die I 9d Dollard black

-RIALTAS" AT FOOT

?!ctDoUard. ld Dollard 9d '!hall (red on black, ofl

nagaten).

"RIALTASD MlSSIlIl

ld Dollard

PART "RIALTASu

AT '!UP AND PAR'!' AT FOOT

?!ct Dollard ld n 2d ~ black, Die n 9d U (red on black-brown

\I agate " ). As earlier indicated, a llttl.e study of

these categories will make it sufficiently clear that they are vary:Lng stages of the same typesh1.fts, or it might be 1II0re accurate to say, of the same kinds of typeshifts, for there is nothing to provide evidence that every shift produced every category.(Tbe EDd

IRISH FLIClHT COVERS By' Malcolla G. O'R.ei~, B.P.A. President

(Contilutd traa Page 252-Jan.-Feb 1956) IV The plarle left Montreal on Aug. 6, 1939 and arrived in New York tbe same c:la;r. No special cachet was applied. MAIL WAS ACCEPTED AT MONTREAL, CANADA FOR: 4.l Hew York back-stalllped Aug. 6, 1939

V The return flight left !lew York on Aug. 9-10, 1939, arriving in Montreal Aug. 10. Again, the special Impsrlal Airways en­wlopes were used but no special cachet was awl1ed.

HAIL WAS ACCEPTED AT lm'l YORK FOR: 5A Newfoundland back-stamped Aug.10,1939 5B Ireland " n Aug.ll,1939 5C Englani " "Aug.n,1939 (CoYers to England 1I9re frequent~ not back-stamped.) Il1o Dlall was officially accepted for Canada on this leg of the night. VI TIle fllght left Montreal. on Aug. lOth and arrived at Botwood tbe same date. A special cachet was applied for each des­tination to covers originating at Mont­real. A map and plane for tbe Botwood leg} a plane aver crossed maple leaf and a plane aver the ship Britannica for the Southampton destination. (continued on page 263)

IRISH FLIGHT COVERS (Contimlad 1'r0lll page 262)

class and $30.00 fi t class, are DOlI' ob able only in North rica. In lIIIw York they are obtainable through the British and

MAIL WAS ACCEPTED AT MONTREAL, CANADA FOR: g;:!. Railwa;ys, 100 te at 9 Rocksfeller 6A Newfoundland back-stamped Aug.10.1939 6B Ireland "" Aug. 11th 6C England n n Aug. 11th

Onrpr1nt Proofs be VII The plane left Botwood Aug. 10, 1939 and lection. TI» few, arrived at Foynes on Aug. 11th. No special rare, are stUl re cachet was applied. Perry- Adams, Port

MAIL WAS ACCEPTED AT BOTWOOD, N.F. FOR: ?=::::::=='Ir~~=Cc~i;;i~;;;;;;~~=-7A Ireland back-stamped A-ag.ll.1939 f;; ::.tL.e a SOU'f'Eli St. Patrick's Dq cov-7B England n n Aug. 11,1939 ~..,.. ~ er th1 year for $.3,. It is a No mail was accepted at Foynes for South8lllp- " 4' tIro-co or Qesign of Ferry-carr1g ton. There vere also foreign acceptances Cutle County Wexf'ord. i'bB cOYer for this 1'l1ght-Netherlanc:is for New York will be posted wi h attractiw Irish stampe via Southampton and Bel'l1lUda for Southampton and malled 1'rom ord on Karch 17th. Each

I via New York. The latter acceptanoe was for cO'Ver contains a storical account of t.be the return 1'l1ght. ('!'he End). castle. 'l'Iro bac issues of Historic castles

are still avail , r Blarney Castle, post-arked Blarney, 53. and K:l.lksmv Castle, E. P.A. TO BE FEA'1'URED IN LINll" S

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editor or President; O'BaUJ.y, not later tionery, f'orerunners cur:l.osa etc. and nll Hay 15. 1956. Only those acceptable to yrur exchange 3 times the value in general for-officers and Linn' 9 editorial board will be eign stamps ranging the 19th century me-used. All other articles will be returned d!um. raret1es to vas quant.1ties of IIIOdern or published in The Revealer. material. No trade f' . unless both part:l8a Rell\emoor, the deadline is !lay 15th. lBt's are pleased. Write rin L. Irq, P.O. Box

get behind this opportunity to tell the pbll 489, atelic public about the charm of' Irish phil­ately.

DEATH OF BRITISH Mf.MBER REPORTED

E.P.A. Labels - 40¢ Back copies ot The Gaelic-English Town limited supply on

Word has been received our European supply lasts.

. 100 or 300 for 11.00. :veal.er ••• 35¢ ••• each. ancellation Listing- A d-$1.50 eaoh while the

Representative, ' Michael P G:I.1'fney, of' the Hap of' Irel8Dd-the supply is low-send 1O¢ recent death of' J.B. Kel • Mr. Kelly was to cowr bandl.1ng c rges. an ardent. Irish collector siding in Car- '!.'be abow miscell oUB items may be obtain-lisle, EnglaOO. ed by writing Mr. J J. Clark at 947 East

E.P.A. officers and members extend aympa- 32 Street. Brooklyn 10, Hew York.

thy to the Kelly f'am:Uy. I U.S. P:1T wmBT LDlIT

IRISH RAIL THRIP'l' T D'l'S AVAILABLK 'l'O mllWSEIl

Thrift tour rail tickst , previously good '!.'be U.S. Postal Eftin reports the V8~ tor 1.000 miles of' travel in Britain, haw limit of parcel post (sur:race or air) ex­now been extended to include travel through- changed w:I. t.h Ireland as been increased to out Ireland, according to' T.D. Slattery, 22 poUllds. resident vice president 0 British and Irish The rates in force have not been ohanged. Railways. Ticksts price at $20.00 third 263

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MORE than fifteen hundred years have passed since St. Pat rick firs t came to Ireland. His feast day Is celebrated In all parts of the world wherever Irishmen and lovers of Ireland are to be found . Whilst for many St . Pat rick, the Shamrock and Ireland are Inextr icably linked, knowledge of the background to the various practices and legends associated wi th March 17th is less wides pread . For those readers who would like to know more about the saint who conve rted the Irish to Christianity. we here present details of some of the places and customs associated with him.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY CUSTOMS

THE wearing of Shamrock is certainly the best known of the va rio us St. Patrick's Day customs and large quantities' of It are specially shipped from Ireland to all parts of the world In the weeks preceding March 17th. It Is wrong ly said of the symbolic plant that It never flow ers. that it is not a clover and that it will not grow on ailen soil. It has slender creeping stems and small neat leaves and Is now generally accepted by botanists as being Trifolium minus.

But although the legends associated with It trace its use back to Saint Patrick himself. the earliest record ed refe rence to its use as a badge does not occur until the 17th century when Thomas Dlnely, an English trave lle r through Ireland, noted In his Journal :

' The 17th day of March yearly is St. Patrick's, an Immoveable feast whe n ye Irish of all stations and condlcons wear crosses in their hats , some of pins, some of green ribbon, and the vulgar superstitiously wear shamroges, 3-leaved grass which they likewise eat (they say) to cause a sweet breath. The common people and servants als'o demand their Patrick 's groat of their masters, which they goe expressly to tow n, though half a dozen miles off. to spend where sometimes It amounts to a piece of 8 or cobb a pi ece, and very few of the zealous are found sober at night. '

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