St. Patricks' Day quotes
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By Stephanie RogersWed, Mar 02 2011 at 4:17 PM EST
(SweetOnVeg/Flickr) On St. Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish, wearing green for luck and toasting friends and loved ones in joyful and sometimes raucous festivities. These St. Patrick's Day quotes celebrate the true spirit of the holiday – the beauty of the Emerald Isle and the tenacity of its people, with blessings of health and happiness and songs that are best accompanied by a pint of ale.
St. Patrick -- one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.
Charles M. Madigan, columnist at The Chicago Tribune
For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way -
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
This brings a wish your way -
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
Irish blessing
There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were.
Irish saying
If you're lucky enough to be Irish... you're lucky enough!
Irish saying
For 'tis green, green, green, where the ruined towers are gray,
And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day;
Green of leaf and green of sod, green of ivy on the wall,
And the blessed Irish shamrock with the fairest green of all.
And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day;
Green of leaf and green of sod, green of ivy on the wall,
And the blessed Irish shamrock with the fairest green of all.
Mary Elizabeth Blake, poet, written in “The Dawning o' the Year”
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
Irish blessing
There's a dear little plant that grows in our Isle,
'Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it;
And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It shines thro' the bog thro' the brake, thro' the mireland,
And he called it the dear little Shamrock of Ireland.
'Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it;
And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It shines thro' the bog thro' the brake, thro' the mireland,
And he called it the dear little Shamrock of Ireland.
Andrew Cherry, from the song The Dear Little Shamrock
Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter.
Lullabies, dreams and love ever after.
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes...
That's the Irish for You!
Lullabies, dreams and love ever after.
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes...
That's the Irish for You!
Irish saying
Oh, the music in the air!
An' the joy that's ivrywhere -
Shure, the whole blue vault of heaven is wan grand triumphal arch,
An' the earth below is gay
Wid its tender green th'-day,
Fur the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March!
An' the joy that's ivrywhere -
Shure, the whole blue vault of heaven is wan grand triumphal arch,
An' the earth below is gay
Wid its tender green th'-day,
Fur the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March!
Thomas Augustin Daly, Poet
May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours. That stay with you all the year long.
Irish blessing
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