Oshibori give out towels made of non-woven cloth or paper, which are generally used once and then disposed of. Paper ones sometimes contain a sterilizing agent such as alcohol or stabilized chlorine dioxide. Paper o-shibori, unlike cloth o-shibori, can be folded and put into a very thin plastic wrapping, for inclusion with packaged products such as bentō lunch boxes in convenience stores. An oshibori can be moistened with hot water at an appropriate temperature or steam to make a hot oshibori, or placed damp into a refrigerator to make a cold oshibori suitable for use in summer. Restaurants usually use an
An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann County" by editor Thomas Davis in the 1840s as a tribute to the nationalistic feeling in Tipperary, with the saying that "where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows". The dialect of Tipperary was predominantly spoken in this Irish county for nearly five hundred years until it slowly dwindled to extinction in the early twentieth century. An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann is the last remaining fragment of this dialect, with the story also encapsulating the workings of old Irish life prior to the contemporary era. Since the language was written down and able to be preserved, it was translated into standardized Irish