Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!
No man is an Ireland.
-- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
In dreams begins responsibility.
-- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet
If the whole human race lay in one grave,
the epitaph on its headstone might well be:
`It seemed a good idea at the time.'
-- Dame Rebecca West (1892-1983)
Irish-born author and journalist
You've got to do your own growing,
no matter how tall your grandfather was.
-- Irish Proverb
Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover?
You don't want to press your luck.
-- Daryl Stout
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow,
and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
-- Irish Blessing
As you slide down the banister of life,
may the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
-- Irish Blessing
You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
-- Irish Proverb
Half a loaf of bread is better than no bread at all.
-- Irish Proverb
Remember even if you loose all,
keep your good name;
for if you loose that you are worthless.
-- Irish Proverb
Saint Patrick was a gentleman...Who through strategy and stealth...
Drove all the snakes from Ireland...Here's a drinkee to his health!
But not too many drinkees...Lest we lose ourselves and then...
Forget the good Saint Patrick...And see them snakes again!
-- Unknown
GOD KEEP MY JEWEL THIS DAY FROM DANGER
From tinker and pooka and black-hearted stranger
From harm of the water and hurt of the fire
From the horns of the cows going home to the byre
From teasing the ass when he's tied to the manger
From stones that would bruise and from thorns of the briar
From evil red berries that waken desire
From hunting the gander and vexing the goat
From depths o' seawater by Danny's old boat
From cut and from tumble --- from sickness and weeping
MAY GOD have my jewel this day in his keeping.
-- Unknown
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY by W.B. Yeats
When I play on my fiddle in Dooney,
Folk dance like a wave of the sea;
My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet,
My brother in Moharubuiee.
I passed my brother and cousin,
They read in their books of prayer;
I read in my book of songs
I bought at the Sligo fair.
When we come at the end of time,
To Peter sitting in state,
He will smile on the three old spirits,
But call me first through the gate.
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance;
And when the folk there spy me,
They will all come up to me,
With "Here is the fiddler of Dooney!"
And dance like a wave of the sea."
An Irishman is never drunk
as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass
to keep from falling off the earth.
-- Irish Saying
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman
goes out to find another Irishman
to make a speech to.
-- Shane Leslie
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet again
-- An Irish Blessing
May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and the road downhill all the way to your door.
-- An Irish blessing
A good laugh and a long sleep
are the best cures in the doctor's book
-- Irish proverb
In order to find his equal,
an Irishman is forced to talk to God.
-- Stephen Braveheart
The most beautiful music of all
is the music of what happens.
-- Irish proverb
When I realized what I had turned out to be was a lousy,
two-bit pool hustler and a drunk,
I wasn't depressed at all.
I was glad to have a profession.
-- Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player
I have never liked working.
To me a job is an invasion of privacy
-- Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player
One of the worst things that can happen in life
is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.
-- Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player
To please himself only the cat purrs.
--Irish Proverb
May those who love us love us
And those who don't love us
May God turn their hearts,
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.
--Irish Prayer
No man is an Ireland.
-- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
In dreams begins responsibility.
-- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet
If the whole human race lay in one grave,
the epitaph on its headstone might well be:
`It seemed a good idea at the time.'
-- Dame Rebecca West (1892-1983)
Irish-born author and journalist
You've got to do your own growing,
no matter how tall your grandfather was.
-- Irish Proverb
Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover?
You don't want to press your luck.
-- Daryl Stout
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow,
and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
-- Irish Blessing
As you slide down the banister of life,
may the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
-- Irish Blessing
You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
-- Irish Proverb
Half a loaf of bread is better than no bread at all.
-- Irish Proverb
Remember even if you loose all,
keep your good name;
for if you loose that you are worthless.
-- Irish Proverb
Saint Patrick was a gentleman...Who through strategy and stealth...
Drove all the snakes from Ireland...Here's a drinkee to his health!
But not too many drinkees...Lest we lose ourselves and then...
Forget the good Saint Patrick...And see them snakes again!
-- Unknown
GOD KEEP MY JEWEL THIS DAY FROM DANGER
From tinker and pooka and black-hearted stranger
From harm of the water and hurt of the fire
From the horns of the cows going home to the byre
From teasing the ass when he's tied to the manger
From stones that would bruise and from thorns of the briar
From evil red berries that waken desire
From hunting the gander and vexing the goat
From depths o' seawater by Danny's old boat
From cut and from tumble --- from sickness and weeping
MAY GOD have my jewel this day in his keeping.
-- Unknown
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY by W.B. Yeats
When I play on my fiddle in Dooney,
Folk dance like a wave of the sea;
My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet,
My brother in Moharubuiee.
I passed my brother and cousin,
They read in their books of prayer;
I read in my book of songs
I bought at the Sligo fair.
When we come at the end of time,
To Peter sitting in state,
He will smile on the three old spirits,
But call me first through the gate.
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance;
And when the folk there spy me,
They will all come up to me,
With "Here is the fiddler of Dooney!"
And dance like a wave of the sea."
An Irishman is never drunk
as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass
to keep from falling off the earth.
-- Irish Saying
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman
goes out to find another Irishman
to make a speech to.
-- Shane Leslie
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet again
-- An Irish Blessing
May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and the road downhill all the way to your door.
-- An Irish blessing
A good laugh and a long sleep
are the best cures in the doctor's book
-- Irish proverb
In order to find his equal,
an Irishman is forced to talk to God.
-- Stephen Braveheart
The most beautiful music of all
is the music of what happens.
-- Irish proverb
When I realized what I had turned out to be was a lousy,
two-bit pool hustler and a drunk,
I wasn't depressed at all.
I was glad to have a profession.
-- Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player
I have never liked working.
To me a job is an invasion of privacy
-- Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player
One of the worst things that can happen in life
is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.
-- Danny McGoorty Irish Pool Player
To please himself only the cat purrs.
--Irish Proverb
May those who love us love us
And those who don't love us
May God turn their hearts,
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.
--Irish Prayer
Lisa Wrote:An Irish guy walks into a pub and he's got a steering wheel down his pants.
The bartender says, "What are you doing with a steering wheel down your pants?"
The Irishman says, "I don't know, but it's drivin' me nuts!"
Lisa
Boooo! :p
Patrick and Michael were walking down a country lane when a jokster rushed up to them and announced, "Have you heard! Have you heard! The Devil has died!"
Pat and Mike looked at one another, reached into their pockets and each handed the man a quarter. The fellow looked at the coins in his hand and asked, "What's this for?"
Pat said, "Back home in Ireland, whenever there is a death, we always make a donation to the bereaved."
(Your turn to boo.)
Ken V.
Lisa Wrote:Oof, Ken. This thread should come with a "Read with care" warning.
Lisa
Nah! Life is full of surprises, why shouldn't the board be.
Ken V. Wondering why -- if Ireland is so great -- his ancestors left.
And, why those who celebrate being Irish don't go back.
And why those people who celebrate their Irishness . . . Irishicity? Can't seem to understand others being proud of their Mexican, Scots, Italian, or French heritage.