{"id":9577,"date":"2018-03-17T08:07:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=9577"},"modified":"2023-03-16T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T02:49:21","slug":"50-irish-blessings-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=9577","title":{"rendered":"50 Irish blessings for this day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. \"\"If you\u2019re enough lucky to be Irish\u2026 You\u2019re lucky enough!<\/li>\n
  2. Here\u2019s health to your enemies\u2019 enemies!<\/li>\n
  3. May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.<\/li>\n
  4. May the wind always be at your back.<\/li>\n
  5. May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you\u2019re dead!<\/li>\n
  6. Here\u2019s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!<\/li>\n
  7. Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden.<\/li>\n
  8. May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.<\/li>\n
  9. It\u2019s easy to halve the potato where there\u2019s love.<\/li>\n
  10. I complained that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.<\/li>\n
  11. May you have the hindsight to know where you\u2019ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.<\/li>\n
  12. May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend.<\/li>\n
  13. You\u2019ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was.<\/li>\n
  14. May you live to be 100 years, with one extra year to repent.<\/li>\n
  15. May the roof above you never fall in and those gathered beneath it never fall out.<\/li>\n
  16. Tis better to spend money like there\u2019s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there\u2019s no money!<\/li>\n
  17. May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.<\/li>\n
  18. A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.<\/li>\n
  19. Forgetting a debt doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s paid.<\/li>\n
  20. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.<\/li>\n
  21. Here\u2019s to eyes in your heads and none in your spuds.<\/li>\n
  22. A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.<\/li>\n
  23. There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.<\/li>\n
  24. Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege.<\/li>\n
  25. If it\u2019s drowning you\u2019re after, don\u2019t torment yourself with shallow water.<\/li>\n
  26. There\u2019s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.<\/li>\n
  27. Don\u2019t be breaking your shin on a stool that\u2019s not in your way.<\/li>\n
  28. May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whisky, but be tormented with itching without benefit of scratching.<\/li>\n
  29. May the most you wish for be the least you get.<\/li>\n
  30. Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.<\/li>\n
  31. The man who has luck in the morning has luck in the afternoon.<\/li>\n
  32. Men are like bagpipes \u2013 no sound comes from them until they are full.<\/li>\n
  33. A family of Irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without, and see them all unite.<\/li>\n
  34. In every land, hardness is in the north of it, softness in the south, industry in the east, and fire and inspiration in the west.<\/li>\n
  35. May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up.<\/li>\n
  36. The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.<\/li>\n
  37. May the grass grow long on the road to Hell for want of use.<\/li>\n
  38. Always remember that hindsight is the best insight to foresight.<\/li>\n
  39. Lie down with dogs and you\u2019ll rise with fleas.<\/li>\n
  40. May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside!<\/li>\n
  41. It is often that a person\u2019s mouth broke his nose.<\/li>\n
  42. What butter and whiskey won\u2019t cure, there is no cure for.<\/li>\n
  43. There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.<\/li>\n
  44. Here\u2019s to Hell! May the stay there be as fun as the way there!<\/li>\n
  45. Never scald your lips with another man\u2019s porridge.<\/li>\n
  46. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!<\/li>\n
  47. Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.<\/li>\n
  48. May you get all your wishes but one, so that you will always have something to strive for!<\/li>\n
  49. May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.<\/li>\n
  50. You\u2019ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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