When making sausage rolls use any generic brand pork sausage you’d like- except Jimmy Dean. Jimmy Dean is rotten to the core.

Never underestimate the power of prayers, good thoughts and other positive thinking.

Unscented lotion. Unscented lotion everywhere. When you are 73 and still have the best skin in the family you will understand.

Be sensible with your money but spend where it counts- like on well-made shoes, real leather and perfume that isn’t made with an alcohol base.

People will suit themselves, let them run there.

Wash your face with cold water.

How to make quesadillas.

Melon/Tangerine tones will give the illusion of a tan on even the most printer-paper-esque Irish skin tones.

Use ash-toned dye when taking your hair lighter, golden when going darker.

Always be diplomatic, never be a doormat.

How to knit.

Always stop for yard sales.

If you have a formal off-the-shoulder dress, find a seamstress to match the fabric and make you a wrap or shrug. You’ll look more put-together.

Only buy non-comedogenic foundation.

There is very little that can’t be overcome with an iron will.

Red Rose Tea will cure everything from the flu to a broken heart.

Dream interpretation.

Trust your gut.

Try to make friends where ever you go. It’s an undervalued but important talent.

How to haggle.

Take that leap of faith but don’t forget where you jumped from.