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All the Sixes

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Paul said:
    Interesting symbolic aspects of humour here....... Findlater - I wonder if that was that a detective agency.
  • Swordscookie said:
    That telephone number was a big hit at the time being so easy to remember. They were known as "The Sixes" and indeed they were a good company to call. Great to see the old cars on display, the Ford Zodiac just out of shot and I can't remember the model of the Vauxhall your driver is leaning on
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie And they were still called The Sixes or All the Sixes long after the 7 got added at the start of the number in the 1970s, Sean, I think.
  • Swordscookie said:
    In the background you can see the big MH for the Mater Hospital Pools which is very appropriate given the court case at the moment on the Govt. cutting off funding to the private lotteries wiped out by the National Lottery. There was a lot of work going on at the bank on Parnell St./Cavendish Row which has featured in some great discussions on here.
  • Swordscookie said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons that's right Carol, right up to deregulation I'd say:-)

Up the back of the book or Domnach Airgid - Sunday Silver?

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    A Bible ?
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Apparently it means "Silver Church" and is a book shrine to be found across from Library Towers in the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology. (It has a wiki page too.) It contained a copy of the Vulgate Version of the Gospels. It was associated with Clogher/Clones.
  • Wendy: said:
    some great old lettering and pattens
  • Foxglove said:
    and has led me to peruse the workings of Jerome of Stridon, ah the things we can learn over the 11o'c coffee & biccie break
  • Bernard Healy said:
    I've never really thought about this before, but it's interesting that this kind of book shrine seems to be a primarily Irish phenomenon. I've seen all kinds of decorative manuscripts - religious and secular - in museums throughout Europe, but for some reason this style of container for books seems to be particularly Irish, as is the particular emphasis placed on the devotion to books associated with particular saints. Relics of saints and reverence shown to items used by saints is a common part of the European Christian tradition, but the devotion around the books (and also bells) of saints, and their preservation in this kind of shrine is especially Irish. I'd love to learn more about why this might be.

Lough Erne shrine

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