Irish Set Dancing

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

    The rule for hospitality and Irish “help,” is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O’Shaughnessy learns to cook it to a nicety, the host learns to carve it, and the guests are well served.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    And, in those offices, my doggerel
    Was not set up in blunt ten-point, nor read
    By a distinguished cousin of the mayor....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Dance is bigger than the physical body. ...When you extend your arm, it doesn’t stop at the end of your fingers, because you’re dancing bigger than that; you’re dancing spirit.
    Judith Jamison (b. 1943)