irish sayings in the family:
- a daughter is yours for the rest of your life; a son is yours 'til he takes a wife.
- a green christmas is a full graveyard.
- a whistling girl and a crowing hen will come to no good end.
- all things happen in threes.
- an itchy nose means a fight.
- change the name and not the letter, marry for worse and not for better.
- don't buy the booties before the baby is born.
- forks and spoons bring pantaloons, knives bring ladies.
- god doesn't pay debts with gold.
- if a cat has kittens in the oven, that doesn't mean they are muffins.
- if wishes were donkeys, beggars would ride.
- if you move in on a friday, it will be a short stay.
- step on a glove before you pick it up.
- when handing something sharp to someone, put it down and let them pick it up to avoid a fight.
- when passing salt to someone, put it down and let them pick it up to avoid a fight.
- when you dream of someone who has died it means they need prayers.
bad luck:
- a bird in the house
- a hat on the bed
- a picture falling off the wall
- looking at a full moon through glass
- moving salt
- shoes on the table (as they are not supposed to be over the baby's head)
- to set a table of 13 (add another place setting)
toasts:
- here's to me, and here's to you, and here's to love and laughter. i'll be true as long as you, and not one moment after!
- here's to our wives and girlfriends: may they never meet!
- may the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never fall out!
- 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.
- may you have nicer legs than yours under the table before the new spuds are up!
- to alcohol! the source of, and solution to, all life's problems!
blessings:
- may you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live!
curses:
- may the curse of mary malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of damnation that the lord himself can't find you with a telescope!
proverbs:
- a drink precedes a story.
- a friend's eye is a good mirror.
- a lock is better than suspicion.
- even a small thorn causes festering.
- good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
- he who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.
- if you want to be criticized, marry.
- it is better to exist unknown to the law.
- it is not a secret if it is known by three people.
- two shorten the road.
- when the apple is ripe it will fall.
- when the liquor was gone the fun was gone.
- you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
random things i wanted to put on here:
- an irishman has an abiding sense of tragedy which sustains him through temporary periods of joy.
- when an irishman says "top of the morning to ya !" the correct reply is "and the rest of the afternoon to you !"
- a family of irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without, and see them all unite.
- irish diplomacy... is the ability to tell a man to go to hell so that he looks forward to making the trip.
- drink is the curse of the land. it makes you fight with your neighbor. it makes you shoot at your landlord - and it makes you miss him.
- don't break your shin on a stool that is not in your way.
[stay tuned for more]
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