This postcard (front and divided back) is an unused Vintage postcard from CardCow.com
The words Erin Go Bragh (air-inn-guh-braw) mean "Ireland Forever!"
It looks like the young girl is holding a shillelagh (shuh-ley-lee),
so-called because it was first harvested in the Shillelagh Forest, an ancient forest in County Wicklow (the word Shillelagh originally meaning "of the descendants of Ealach") was a cudget or weapon usually cut from hardwood such as oak, maple or blackthorn and used to swing, stab or clout an enemy. It is a cudgel or a club but it can double as a walking stick or a stick to herd livestock with.
Shillelagh law, as the expression comes down, means the one who uses violence most effectively rules.
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I think it's pretty and I love that the site is called cardCOW lol
Very pretty but she looks a little precarious on top of that harp!
I wondered what that meant! Thank you for the translation. I love this postcard--it's so very pretty. Happy PFF!
Now I know what a shillelagh is.
Pretty card, but the shillelagh is a mystery, although it does add to the Irishness, only needs a bottle of Guinness and would be complete.
Great postcard!!! March is just flying by.
I have a used version of the exact card, sent in 1910. Amazing!
Happy St Patrick's Day... love your post card... Happy PFF!
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