Uaisle
a éisteas le healaíon
It
is a sign of nobility to patronise the art.
In
the Hedge School, the favorite part of our day is our Tea
& Poetry Break. Over tea and hot scones or other baked
goods, I introduce a topic or style of writing or poetry,
drawing from Irish literature from the 9th century, to Lewis
Carroll, to Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes."
Topics have included tea, potatoes, encounters with fairies,
musicians, limericks, riddles and many more things. After
tea, the children write on the style or topic of the day.
"Where
there's tea there's hope" —
Sir Arthur Pinero
There
are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated
to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
Henry
James (1843-1916)
The best quality tea must have creases like the leathern
boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty
bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam
like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like
a fine earth newly swept by rain.
—Lu Yu (d. 804), Chinese sage, hermit
Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious,
and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise,
and will not use abstinence.
—Samuel Johnson (1709-84)
