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| IRISH QUOTES  QUOTES "In dreams begins responsibility." ---William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet "Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover? You don't want to press your luck." ---Daryl Stout "C'mon, Moe. It's been St. Patrick's day for hours now and I'm not drunk yet!" ---Homer Simpson The Simpsons 
BLESSINGS "May the most you wish for be the least you get. May the best times you've ever had, be the worst you will ever see." ---An old Celtic Blessing "I believe in the sun... When it is not shining. I believe in Love... Even when I feel it not. I believe in God... Even when he is silent." ---An Irish Blessing "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 "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 May God hold you in the palm of His hand" ---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
PROVERBS "You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was." ---Irish Proverb "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 "A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book" ---Irish proverb "A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest." ---Irish proverb "Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live everyday as if it were your last." ---Irish Saying
POETRY AND SONGS "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 ---Irish Prayer "THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY" "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." ---W.B. Yeats "Have you seen the tidy cottage in the straggling, dusty street, Where the roses swing their censers by the door? Have you heard the happy prattle and the tramp of tiny feet As the sturdy youngsters romp around the floor? Did you wonder why the wiree comes to sing his sweetest song? Did the subtle charm of home upon you fall? Did you puzzle why it haunted you the while you passed along? There's a Little Irish Mother there; that's all." ---"The Little Irish Mother" by John O'Brien
MISC. "An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold on to one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth" ---Unknown "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 "Here's to a temperance supper, With water in glasses tall, And coffee and tea to end with And me not there at all!" ---Irish Toast "Dá fheabhas é an t-ól is é an tart a dheireadh Good as drink is, it ends in thirst." ---Irish Saying
LINKS If you want to learn some of the basics of the Irish Language check out this site. ---Bunús na Gaeilge - Basic Irish Language--- I got many of my poems, quotes, blessings, proverbs and other sayings from thi site. Please take a look, for they have some stuff I didn't add. ---Irish Quotations---
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