Everybody Is Irish on St Pattys Day

Everybody is Irish on St Patty’s Day. Even though we really are part Irish somewhere along our family lines we are just like all people around the world who celebrate March 17th with green beer, meals of corn beef and cabbage and making sure we wear something green on our person. Don’t want to get pinched now do we? We also have a birthday party for my youngest son who was born on that day in 1992. His sister missed by one day and when they were younger we usually combined their parties. My son happens to love the color green so he usually got a green birthday cake. Now that he has moved all the way across the country we don’t get to do that anymore. And he likes more things in black and white or black and pink these days. Just a little goth gamer happening there.

Anyway, it’s a great holiday of dancing, eating and just having fun. Of course, I love all shades of green so it’s really no hardship for me to find things to wear that are green. To get into the mood mom likes to watch Irish dancing music videos which are highly energetic and I like to re-read some of the Nora Roberts books set in Ireland. Now that is a true Irish lass. Now that there is not so much fighting in Ireland we hope to one day visit all of the British Isles. Here’s hoping anyway. Below are some of the great Irish sayings that we found onlinefor your reading enjoyment!

May there always be work for your hands to do,
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point the wrong way.