Here are a few Irish blessings and toasts to warm the cockles o' your heart!
May you live to be a hundred years
With one extra year to repent.
May those who love us, love us
And those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts
And if he can't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping!
As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
May your blessings outnumber
The Shamrocks that grow.
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
May you enjoy the four greatest blessings:
Honest work to occupy you.
A hearty appetite to sustain you.
A good woman to love you.
And a wink from the God above.
May you die in bed at ninety-five years, shot by a jealous husband(or wife).
May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whiskey, but be afflicted with itching without the benefit of scratching.
Gotta give it to the Irish. They can certainly can turn a phrase and really know the secret to living a full and spritely life!
May your home be filled with laughter
ReplyDeleteMay your pockets be filled with gold
And may you have all the happiness
An Irish heart can hold.