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Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan
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Cleopatra hieroglyphic carving the Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
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Normandy Invasion: Omaha Beach. World War II. D-Day. Infographic. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
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Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.
How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

The Poor Mouth

work by O’Brien
Also known as: “An Béal Bocht”

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Gaelic literature

  • An overview of the Irish language
    In Celtic literature: The Gaelic Revival

    …inspired the brilliant satirical novel An Béal Bocht (1941; The Poor Mouth) by Flann O’Brien (pseudonym of Brian Ó Nualláin).

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