took the mickey: Teased.
townland: A mediaeval administrative region comprising a village and the surrounding countryside.
tube: Medical-student slang for a useless person. Klutz.
walking out with: Going steady.
wee: Small, but in Ulster can be used to modify almost anything without reference to size. A barmaid, an old friend, greeted me by saying, “Come in, Pat. Have a wee seat and I’ll get you a wee menu, and would you like a wee drink while you’re waiting?”
wean: Pronounced “wane.” Small child.
well mended: Healed properly.
wheen: An indeterminate number. “How many miles is it to the nearest star?” “Dunno, but it must be a brave wheen.” See clatter.
wheest/houl’ your wheest: Be quiet or shut up.
worser (nor): Worse (than).
wrench: Severe twist, or kind of spanner used for twisting.
you-boy-yuh: Words of encouragement.
youse: Plural of “you.”
BY PATRICK TAYLOR
Only Wounded
Pray for Us Sinners
Now and in the Hour of Our Death
An Irish Country Doctor
An Irish Country Village
An Irish Country Christmas
An Irish Country Girl
An Irish Country Courtship
A Dublin Student Doctor
An Irish Country Wedding
Fingal O’Reilly, Irish Doctor
The Wily O’Reilly
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War
An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea
An Irish Country Love Story
An Irish Country Cottage
An Irish Country Family
An Irish Country Cookbook
Home Is the Sailor (e-original)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PATRICK TAYLOR, M.D., was born and raised in Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland. Dr. Taylor is a distinguished medical researcher, offshore sailor, model-boat builder, and father of two grown children. He lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Maps
1. Home and Beauty
2. On with the Dance
3. Roaring He Shall Rise
4. In the Force and Road of Casualty
5. Think Only What Concerns Thee
6. Examine Well Your Blood
7. With a Sad Swell’d Face
9. The Heavy Burden of Responsibility
10. I To the Hills Will Lift Mine Eyes
11. Your Locks Were Like the Raven
12. Taking Out His False Teeth
13. More Business After Dinner
14. Fever and the Fret
15. Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast
16. Haunts of Horror and Fear
17. Observation with Extensive View
18. There’s No Place Like Home
19. Wrote My Will Across the Sky
20. Feel the Pangs of Disappointed Love
21. Bless This House
22. Well If That Is So, We Must Go Out and Get These People
23. To Celebrate the Event
24. Bringer of Unwelcome News.
25. Let Us Hope for Better Things
26. Cruel Madness of Love
27. And Great Was the Fall of It
28. He Saved Others; Himself He Cannot Save
29. Telling the Saddest Tale
30. Of Some Distressful Stroke
31. One Man Shall Have One Vote
32. I Have of Comfort and Despair
33. Arms of Cool-Enfolding Death
34. Let’s Go On with the Show
35. A Party of Friends and Relations
36. Just to Celebrate the Event
Recipes
Glossary
By Patrick Taylor
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
AN IRISH COUNTRY FAMILY
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Cover art by Gregory Manchess
Maps by Elizabeth Danforth
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First Edition: November 2019