Irish Set Dancing

Famous quotes containing the words irish, set and/or dancing:

    For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.
    —Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)

    I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
    Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)

    Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won’t help you.
    —E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)