BS: Irish Honeymoon

Subject: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Louie Roy
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 05:14 PM

When is it over

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Amos
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 05:21 PM

What do you mean, Louis?



A

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Brendy
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 05:27 PM

When house prices plummet, like everywhere else, I suppose.

B.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Emma B
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 05:42 PM

Mi na meala - the month of honey - the first lunar month after a wedding

It was traditional for couples to spend a month together drinking honeyed wine in seclusion.

It was hoped that, after a month had passed, (especially in the case of an elopement) the bride would have become pregnant and any family opposition would have passed.

Sounds good to me !

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Louie Roy
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 06:04 PM

Amos I've always heard it was when (Peter went to Dublin) but thought there might be another reason

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 06:28 PM

I had one of those.... can't in all honesty say I'd recommend it unless you like guinness and melodeons.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Emma B
Date: 15 Dec 07 - 06:38 PM

I like Guinness and melodeons - not necessarily in the same glass :)

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Barry Finn
Date: 16 Dec 07 - 12:21 AM

You don't like to drown in melody?

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 16 Dec 07 - 12:25 AM

There was someone I'd have like to have drowned....

I suspect that had I been with Sean Connery or Hugh Jackman, I might not have noticed the uneven balance of melodeons to cuddles... I knew I should have waited for them.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 16 Dec 07 - 12:43 AM

I thought was asking about the old joke, "what do you call an Irish Honeymoon?" Answer - a second date

It was supposed to be funny and a reference to irish Catholic girl's opposition to premarital sex and/or birth control.

I never found it terribly amusing

Subject: RE: BS: Irish Honeymoon
From: Brendy
Date: 16 Dec 07 - 12:39 PM

Yes, I can understand why.

B.