"Maybe it's bred in the bone, but
the sound of pipes is a little bit of heaven to some of us."
Nancy O'Keefe
May there always be work for your hands
to do
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your windowpane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you
May you be poor in misfortune
Rich in blessings
Slow to make enemies
Quick to make friends
But rich or poor,
Quick or slow,
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.
Always remember to forget,
The things that made you sad.
But never forget to remember,
The things that made you glad.
Always remember to forget,
The friends that proved untrue.
But don't forget to remember,
Those that have stuck by you.
Always remember to forget,
The troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember,
The blessings that come each day
We cannot share a sorrow,
If we haven't grieved a while
Nor can we feel another's joy,
Until we've learned to smile.
May the Blessings of Each Day
Be the Blessings you need most.
It's easy to be pleasant
When life flows by like a song
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with years.
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth,
Is the smile that shines thru tears.
IRISH DIPLOMACY
The ability to tell a man to go
to hell,
so that he will look forward to making the trip.
May the Leprechauns be near you
To spread Luck along your way.
And may all the Irish Angels,
Smile on you St. Patrick's Day
Health and long life to you,
Land without rent to you,
A child every year to you,
If you can't go to Heaven,
May you die in Ireland.
There is but one and only one,
Whose love will fail you never
One who lives from sun to sun,
With constant fond endeavor
There is but one and only one,
On earth there is no other
In Heaven a noble work was done,
When God gave man a Mother.
AN IRISH FACT
There are only two kinds of people in the world
The Irishand those who would like to be Irish.
I do not grudge them Lord.
I do not grudge my two strong sons that I've seen go out
to break their strength and die.
They the few in a bloody protest for a glorious thing.
We suffer in their coming and their going,
and though I grudge them not,
I weary, weary of the long sorrow,
and yet I have my joy.
My sons were faithful and they fought.
-Patrick Pearse-
May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use.
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.
Dance as if no one were watching,
Sing as if no one were listening,
And live every day as if it were your last.
May you never forget what is worth
remembering,
Or remember what is best forgotten.
May your pockets be heavy and
your heart be light,
May good luck pursue each morning and night.
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.
Here's to you,
here's to me,
the best of friends we'll always be.
But if we ever disagree,
forget you,
here's to ME!!
May the roof above us never fall in, and
may we friends gathered below never fall out.
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.
I say the blessing of Brighid
That she placed about her calf and her cows,
About her horses and her goats,
About her sheep and her lambs:
Each day and night, in cold and
heat,
Each day and night, in light and darkness,
Keep them from marsh, keep them from rocks,
Keep them from pits, keep them from banks;
Keep them from harm, keep them from jealousy,
Keep them from spell, from North to South;
Keep them from poison, from East to West
Keep them from envy,
And from all harmful intentions.
The blessing - help of the
Three upon my wishing,
The blessing - help of the Three upon my willing,
The blessing - help of the Three upon my walking,
and upon my knees that they
may never weaken.
--Traditional Irish Blessing
May the blessing of light be on you - light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.
And may light shine out of the two eyes of you, like a candle set in the window of a house, bidding the wanderer come in out of the storm.
And may the blessing of the rain be on you, may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines, and sometimes a star.
And may the blessing of the earth be on you, soft under your feet as you pass along the roads, soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day; and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it.
May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on its way to God. And now may the Lord bless you, and bless you kindly.
Amen.
--Scottish Blessing
God, give charge to Thy blessed
angels
To keep guard around this stead to-night,
A band sacred, strong, and steadfast,
That will shield this soul-shrine from harm.
Safeguard Thou, God, this household
to-night,
Themselves and their means and their fame,
Deliver them from death, from distress, from harm,
From the fruits of envy and of enmity.
Give Thou to us, O God of peace,
Thankfulness despite our loss,
To obey Thy statutes here below
And to enjoy Thyself above.
May you have the hindsight to
know where you have been and the foresight to know where you are going
and the insight to know when you are going too far.
May you be in heaven 1/2 hour before the devil knows you're dead.
As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way.
May the wind at your back always be your own.
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 your troubles be as few and as far apart as
my Grandmothers teeth.
May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.
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 there always be work for your
hands to do ..
May your purse always hold a coin or two...
May the sun always shine on your windowpane...
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain...
May the hand of a friend always be near you...
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you...
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
May God bring good health to your enemies enemies.
May the blessings of each day be the blessings you need most.
May the most you wish for be the least you get.
May the Lord keep you in His Hand and never close His fist too tight.
Here's to your coffin...
May it be built of 100 year old oaks which I will plant tomorrow...
Here's to you as good as you are,
Here's to me as bad as I am,
As good as you are,
And as bad as I am,
I'm as good as you are,
As bad as I am.
The future is not ours to know, and it
may never be-
so let us live and give our best and give it lavishly!
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.
May you always be blessedwith
walls for the wind,
a roof for the rain,
a warm cup of tea by the fire,
laughter to cheer you,
those you love near you,
and all that your heart might desire.
May the love and protection St.
Patrick can give - Be yours in abundance as
long as you live.
May all the giant hearts be tall
as day, may all your winter nights be warm as
may.
Here's to our wives and sweethearts!! May they never meet!!
May you never forget what is worth
remembering,
Or remember what is best forgotten.
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU
MAY YOU SEE YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN
MAY YOU BE POOR IN MISFORTUNE, RICH IN BLESSINGS
AND MAY YOU KNOW NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD
May your joys be as deep as the
oceans, your troubles as light as its foam.
And may you find, sweet peace of mind, where ever you may roam.
May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.
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!
Always remember to forget
The troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day.
‘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.
May the joys of today
Be those of tomorrow.
The goblets of life
Hold no dregs of sorrow.
May your troubles be less
And your blessings be more.
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door.
May your heart be warm and happy
With the lilt of Irish laughter
Every day in every way
And forever and ever after.
May your right hand always
Be stretched out in friendship
And never in want.
May you live all the days of your life.
Here’s to a sweetheart, a bottle,
and a friend.
The first beautiful, the second full, the last ever faithful.
Here's to women... would that
we could fall into their arms,
instead of their hands.
Here's to happiness... I never
knew happiness until I got
married. Now it's too late.
Here's to marriage, for man is
not complete until he's
married... and then he's finished.
Here's to the ships of our navy,
and to the ladies of our
land. May the former be well rigged and the latter be well manned.
Here's to my mother-in-law, who still calls me a son...but I never let her finish the sentence.
Here's to the woman of my dreams, who looks like a million...and is just as hard to make.
Here's to a love, a love that will linger. I gave her the ring...and she gave me the finger.
Here's to abstinence... as long as it's practiced in moderation.
Here's to the flea, that jumped over me,and bit the ass of my little missus.
Here's to King Solomon,
ruler and sage, the wisest of men in history's page. He had wives by the
thousand, and thought it was fun... Here's hoping you'll know how to handle
just one.
