Episode 2: The Patron Saint of the Dónal Fogartys
Composed and recorded by One Take Tony on Wednesday the 5th of March 2025 (the first year of the 21st and 1/4 century) which was also Ash Wednesday. My batteries ran out just before the end of the story, which was a small mercy as it reminded me that I was late for the cinema .
If, like a sealion at a circus, I get enough claps and fish, I might finish the story off for you.
If I don’t get enough claps, you can read all about it yourselves, ’cause it’s all true by the way: https://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/learn/resources/stories-and-rhymes/st-piran/
If you’re foolish to encourage more of this nonsense, please consider donating a coffee to the Save the Dónal Appeal – I promise to spend it wisely and account for it creatively. https://ko-fi.com/donalfogarty
Many thanks & Blessed wishes!
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Dear Ms Cavanzo
Thank you for listening and taking the time to comment.
What a wonderful book suggestion. And I agree, the Dalai Lama’s book does indeed sound more intriguing in the Spanish translation.
How did you know that it is high time I worked on improving my Spanish? Have you perhaps been sent by St Piran, the hardest working Saint, to push me to confound myself with the complexities of Castellano?
Challenge accepted. But did you perhaps also know that my late father, a very wise and articulate man, learned his Latin from the Christian Brothers in Ireland. So, thanks to him I have somewhat of a headstart when it comes deciphering the intricacies of the Romance languages.
For example, nominative determinism also applies to Latinate surnames, and I believe Cavanzo is derived from a spanish word meaning “to move earth”. Therefore, I posit that the profession of the mysterious Angela Maria might be that of civil engineering. The most polite and ambitious in scale of the engineerings.
I look forward to sharing the second part of this episode with you soon.
Blessed wishes
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