All work and no play makes Paddy a dull boy is an Irish proverb largely synonymous to the more well known English proverb "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" that was made famous in Stanley Kubrick's iconic horror movie The Shining. While it may have originally been used in Ireland in a fashion similar to the English version, this saying took on a distinct derogatory meaning during the persecution of Irish Americans in the mid-1800s.^[1]

[edit] See also

• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• Irish Stereotypes

[edit] References

1. ^ Jensen, Richard (2002). ""No Irish Need Apply": A Myth of Victimization". Journal of Social History 36 (2): 405-429. http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 

[edit] External links

• www.irishabroad.com/Culture/proverbs/

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