Mick wrote:
straci wrote:
Is it a common thread all Irish mothers reference the misfortune of others to motivate their children? I know mine did and does to this day with her grandchildren.
Sounds like my mother too. Whenever we complained about anything, she'd say: "There are children in Ethiopia who would love to have your problems."

, as my grandmother used to say: eat all your dinner, the poor starving black babies in Africa.
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I'm familiar with Munster Irish/ Gaolainn na Mumhan (GM) and the Official Standard/an Caighdeán Oifigiúil (CO)