“Peig always moaned that her children never came home (go figure) I thought she use to say she had one foot in the grave and one foot on the pigs back - many’s the time I wanted the pig to move!” - Judith in Wexford.“Paula I’m genuinely interested now – what happened to Peig?!” (see below).“Morning Paula, why would you be talking about the government sponsored torture, Peig Sayers, at this hour of the morning?! I only remember she threw a mouldy cabbage at someone!” - JB in Clonmel.Had I known in advance half, or even one-third of what the future had in store for me, my heart wouldn't have been as gay or as courageous as it was in the beginning of my days.') (The opening doleful lines of her 1936 book, as dictated to her son, Maidhc, read: 'I'm an old woman now with one foot in the grave and the other on its edge. Top line act did not receive such a roar!” - Ger in Cork An Irish version of Murder She Wrote / CSI Blasket Islands. Either fell off the island or kicked by a donkey. It started off with the line it’s an old woman I am with one foot in the grave and the other in the edge. Peig Sayers can still bring me out in cold sweats. “Ah Peig, an old woman from Kerry, she had a really hard life and you felt sorry for her until she started telling everyone about it and made life unbearable for thousands of school-kids!” - Padraic.

It doesn’t matter what language it’s written in, Peig is one of the most depressing book ever written!” - Gerry, Sligo Anyway best of luck to all today!” - Stephen “Oh Paula, why oh why mention that book?! On my way to work and had to pull van to side of road as the mention Peig had me crying uncontrollably - it has scarred many a person.

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