30 AUGUST 1975, page 26

Religion

Worldly wealth Martin Sullivan Christ employed the parable as His most constant teaching form and told, in all, forty of them. A parable is like a joke, meaning literally, "the......

Country Life

Tales from Ireland Denis Wood Writing in The Nationalist recently, Bill O'Brien told the story of a boy who, despite a voracious appetite, dwined and dwindled until he became......