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Insults and Insulting
Quotes about Wales
Taffy
was a welshman, taffy was a thief
Taffy came into my house and stole a side of beef
English nursury
rhyme
A
Welshman prays on his knees on a Sunday and on his friends the rest of the week
English saying
They
are treacherous to each other as well as to foreigners, covert freedom, neglect
peace, are warlike and skillful in arms, and are eager for revenge
Walter Map
The
older the Welshman the more the madman
English saying
Each
section of the British Isles has it's own way of laughing, except the Wales,
which doesn't
Stephen Leacock
The
ordinary women of Wales are generally short and squat, ill favoured and nasty
David Mallet
The
Welsh are so damn Welsh that it looks like affectation
Sir Alexander
Raleigh
The
land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it
Dylan Thomas
There
are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud
Gwyn Thomas
The earth contains
no race of human beings so totally vile and worthless as the Welsh ... I have
expended in labour, within three years, nearly eight thousand pounds amongst them,
and yet they treat me as their greatest enemy.
Walter Savage Landor, British poet, letter to Robert Southey
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