Word: dirtpoor
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Bloody Woe." O'Flaherty's Aran islanders move with a Biblical grace and solemnity. Like Bible stories-also told of a religious, race-proud people of dirtpoor shepherds and fishermen-O'Flaherty's tales deal with sin and the seasons and, as in the Bible, the enemies of simple folk are the money-changers of the towns and the soldiers of a foreign king...
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