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7 observations about Ireland from a German tourist... in 1591
IN THE YEAR 1591, German traveller Ludolf von Münchhausen visited Ireland. He wrote about his experiences in his diary.
The diary is available translated on UCC’s CELT database of Irish texts.
Among other things, here’s what Ludolf observed:
1. It is wet
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2. Irish people are lazy
3. Irish women are attractive, but dirty
4. Irish people hate foreigners; love divorce
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5. Irish people get their bottoms out easily
6. Irish people are lazy (again)
7. Irish people like banter and drinking
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You can read the full text of the diary here.
What do you think? Did Ludolf get it right?
via Gillian Kenny
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