Seanfhocail Inquiry: Facta, non verba

Latest post Mon, Feb 13 2012 15:12 by michelle. 3 replies.
  • Sat, Feb 4 2012 12:14

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    Seanfhocail Inquiry: Facta, non verba

     

    Hi, I'm new to your site, and I'm doing some research on oral/internet transmission Irish proverbs for a chapter of my dissertation/thesis.  First of all, I was wondering if there was any way I could view seanfhocal-an-lae posts by topic/hash tag re: subject/meaning as opposed to date, and second of all, I was wondering if there were any good Irish equivalents to Facta, non verba---deeds, not words. Smile
    GRMMA,
    Christin Mulligan
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    UNC-Chapel Hill


     

    GRMMA,

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  • Sun, Feb 5 2012 12:26 In reply to

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    Re: Seanfhocail Inquiry: Facta, non verba

    Hi Christin, Sorry, I can't really help with the search terms for proverbs but I can certainly help you with facta non verba - ní briathar a dhearbhaíos ach beart. (Not a word which proves but an action)

     

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    Re: Seanfhocail Inquiry: Facta, non verba

    GRMMA, Seano.  Big Smile

     

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  • Mon, Feb 13 2012 15:12 In reply to

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    Re: Seanfhocail Inquiry: Facta, non verba

    Christin,

    When writing the seanfhocal an lae posts I tried really hard to group them, but it proved nightmarish, so I'm afraid I gave up. I found that I started with broad categorisation like Love, Money, Health, but that these soon disintegrated, and often depended on interpretation too. Be great if you could share some of your research findings with us here on the site in due course.

    Ádh mór ort,
    Michelle 

    Is fearr dhá theanga ná ceann amháin…

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