Project Gutenberg 2020-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 445 Forrester, Arthur M. 1850 1895 27010469 An Irish Crazy-Quilt: Smiles and tears, woven into song and story Produced by Sonya Schermann, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Irish Crazy-Quilt: Smiles and tears, woven into song and story" by Arthur M. Forrester is a collection of songs and stories written in the late 19th century. The work captures the complexities of Irish sentiments featuring themes of resilience, longing, and cultural identity through poetry and narrative. With its vivid depictions of Irish life, the collection likely aims to evoke both nostalgia and reflection on the struggles and joys of the Irish experience. The opening of the collection begins with a series of poems that celebrate the beauty of Ireland and its landscapes, such as the quaint church of Ballymore and cherished memories of childhood in the Irish boreen. The pieces convey deep emotional connections to both land and heritage, marked by an appreciation of simple, rural life alongside the pain of separation and loss. Forrester skillfully weaves personal reminiscences with broader socio-cultural reflections, laying a rich emotional foundation for the tales that follow in this vibrant tapestry of song and story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Ireland -- Fiction Ireland -- Poetry PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Poetry 562002 2025-07-24T14:13:04.976877 text/html 546174 2024-10-18T03:31:45 text/html 241038 2025-07-24T14:13:23.913814 application/epub+zip 244789 2025-07-24T14:13:10.356888 application/epub+zip 244790 2025-07-24T14:13:07.709853 application/epub+zip 474809 2025-07-24T14:13:30.995842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378737 2025-07-24T14:13:19.382840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377660 2022-09-28T04:15:30.571605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418165 2025-07-24T14:13:03.245929 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 398057 2024-10-18T03:31:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16085 2025-07-24T14:13:31.167758 application/rdf+xml 13454 2025-07-24T14:13:07.864863 image/jpeg 1847 2025-07-24T14:13:07.789883 image/jpeg 213133 2025-07-24T14:13:05.020891 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog