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An Old Irish Toast
May your neighbours respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you
and heaven accept you.
May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use.
May the road rise up to meet you;
May the wind be always at your back,
the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
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.
May you live to be a hundred years,
with one extra year to repent.
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.
There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How the hell can he drink when he's dead?
May those who love us, love us.
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if he can not turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we may know them by their limping.
May there be a fox on your fishing hook
and a hare on your bait
and may you kill no fish until St. Brigid's Day
Here's to the bull that roams through the wood,
and does all the hefer's so very much good,
for if it was nay for him,
and his little red rod,
there'd be none of here could eat steak by God.
Catch the moments as they fly,
and use them as ye ought man,
believe me happiness is shy
and comes not aye
when sought man.
May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!
It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow
than to spend tonight like there's no money.
There are good ships and there are wood ships,
the ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships are friendships,
and may they always be.
Always remember that hindsight is the
best insight to foresight.
May the leprechauns dance over your bed and
bring you sweet dreams.
As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
Here's to cheating, stealing, fighting, and drinking.
If you cheat, cheat death.
If you steal, steal a woman's heart.
If you fight, fight for a brother.
If you drink, drink with me!!
May the best day of your past
Be the worst day of your future.
May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.
God is good, but never dance in a small boat.
May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.
'Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he's dead.
For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way-
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
Dance as if no one were watching,
Sing as if no one were listening,
And live every day as if it were your last.
If you're enough lucky to be Irish...
You're lucky enough!
Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one!
A Traditional Scottish Toast
May the best ye've ever seen
Be the worst ye'll ever see
May a moose ne'er leave yer girnal
Wi' a tear drap in his e'e
May ye aye keep hale an' he'rty
Till ye're auld eneuch tae dee
May ye aye be jist as happy
As we wish ye aye tae be
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The Soldier's Song
