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“Mo Sheanmháthair Ar ais arís lá breá Lúnasa Canach geosadáin ar foluain Ar chuile leoithne ghaoithe Do theach ina sceatraigh Na cróite ina snaois, Airím arís ceol na mblianta dearmadta, Drumadóireacht an bhanna práis Ag máirseáil síos an bóthar, Tusa led' sciortaí ardaithe Ag damhsa ar an screabán Do sheachtar óg Náire shaolta fút Ina bhfál ceilte os do chomhair Le nach bhfeicfeadh na comharsain Meidhréis do dhamhsa.”

Granny Oma Großmutter Mamó Seanmháthair

Book:INNTI: Uimhir a ceathair déag

Source: INNTI: Uimhir a ceathair déag

“But then Oma tells me of bread, of the six hundred kinds made throughout her homeland, white and gray and black in color. Loaves heavy with pumpkin seeds. Pumpernickel. Rye. All with long, dense names like 'Sonnenblumenkernbrot' and 'Roggenmischbrot'. Each word is music to her. She has never eaten a tinned bread bagged in plastic with a little twist tie, a pride she wears all over. 'It matters,' she tells me. 'Wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing.' Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.”

Bread German Dough Liesl Mcnamara Oma

Book:Stones For Bread

Source: Stones For Bread

“You don't need to explain. This is your house too-you can go where you want," I reply. I smile as best as I can. "Except my room, of course." "Why, you'll stab me with a kitchen knife if I do?" she jokes as I set the knife down onto Oma March's bedside table. "Maybe," I answer.”

Humor Answer Knife Table Oma

Book:Sisters Red

Source: Sisters Red

“It's good not to put your hand in the fire for anyone, not even for you.”

Book:The Fire of Karma

Source: The Fire of Karma

“Meine Großmutter kann nichts, oder vor allem: will auch nichts wegschmeißen. Und vor allem keine Lebensmittel. Weil sie noch weiß, wie es ist, nichts zu haben.”

Book:Gegen die Ohnmacht: Meine Großmutter, die Politik und ich

Source: Gegen die Ohnmacht: Meine Großmutter, die Politik und ich