BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?

Subject: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 02:55 PM

Alrighty then... my duo is playing this St Pat's day, and I would like to have some different "Irish" expressions to wish people well, do toasts, etc... Now, these can be English spoken expressions or ones like "Slainthe" or "Erin go braugh".

part two... how the hell do you properly pronounce the above expressions, and what is the actual translation? I am pretty sure the second is basically spoken as "Erin go brah", with the final word spoken with some guttaral, breathy emphasis...

HELP!

O'Brian.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 02:59 PM

Just about everyone I know calls St Pats day "Amateur Day"

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:14 PM

(I knew I was setting myself up... )

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: greg stephens
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:17 PM

Sure and all, the top of the morning to you, faith and begorrah, so. I always finds this goes down pretty well.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: gnu
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:25 PM

Slainte Mhath and the like should be learned "by mouth". Why aren't you on your way to your gig before dark... might be a crappy drive if you wait. Here's a toast from a 'Cat on a recent thread, can't remember who, right up your alley, "Here's to your health... insurance."

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:33 PM

thanks Gnu..... for our show in Amherst tonite we will be leaving town around 7pm... Lots of time before we are on stage... Oh, and we're young stupid males, so we don't worry about weather.

Brian

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: gnu
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:34 PM

Check your email... in a minute.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:36 PM

Thanks G.

Brian

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:47 PM

the correct phrase is Éireann go brách -pronounced erin guh brawch

with the ch as in chutzpah but softer!

it means Ireland Forever!

Slainte is a toast when drinking, meaning 'your health' pronounced slawntche this time with the ch as in chester but softer!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:57 PM

Pogue mahon is always good.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 04:01 PM

which in Irish is actually 'póg mo thóin' 'kiss my ass' - not the nicest thing to say to a room full of people listening to you, unless your Shane McGowan!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 04:02 PM

Rapaire... why do I have the strange feeling that may not be something I want to say in public?

Thanks Bill, that is the type of thing I am looking for. gnu is in my area, so I am going to give him a ring at some point for a little more pronounciation instruction!

Brian.

okay... outta here for the weekend!!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 04:02 PM

... actually, if it was more like a "kiss me arse", it could fit in right well... laterz!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 04:10 PM

I spells 'em like Joyce spells 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 05:35 PM

This reminds me of that lenny bruce sketch where the Las Vegas comedian plays the London Palladium, and he's dying on his arse so he tries to think of something to get the audience on his side, and he shouts, Screw the Irish!

Screw the English!

It might be just the thing....

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 09:30 PM


May the road rise to greet you,
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

May God grant you many years to live,
For sure He must be knowing
The earth has angels all too few
And heaven is overflowing.

May you be in heaven half an hour
Before the Devil knows you're dead!

May God be with you and bless you
May you see your children's children
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.

Walls for the wind
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire-
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you,
And all that your heart may desire!

May those that love us, love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping.

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.

May you live all the days of your life, and
May the saddest day of your future be no worse
Than the happiest day of your past!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: goodbar
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 09:37 PM

paddy's day is stupid.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 12:37 AM

and may you be halfway to heaven before the devil knows you're dead

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: mg
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 12:47 PM

You absolutely must say it's a great day for the Irish...you can say that on other days as well, but it must be done on St. Patrick's Day. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: gnu
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 01:28 PM

I always followed "The Castle of Dromore" (aka "October Winds" and others) by saying that my favourite line in the song was actually an old Irish proverb : "Take heed young eaglet 'til thy wings are feathered fit to soar." The modern translation being : "Don't fuck with the eagles 'til you learn to fly." Depends on the audience. Pub, okay. Church basement, not so good.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 05:52 AM

It may be stupid but I've never been troubled by a snake in Ireland, and I feel that says something.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 08:46 PM

How about "Hello!" Or "How are you?"

St. Patrick's Day is, in Ireland, a Holy Day of Obligation. You have to go to Mass. It's not celebrated like it is in the US -- as a bunch of Knights of Columbus learned one time.

Did you know that St. Patrick's name was actually "Succat?" Check with the Vatican if you don't believe me.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 06:11 AM

I wouldn't touch that one with a ten inch pole.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 08:57 AM

Well, I'm not the one to start the "Change St. Patrick To St. Succat Society." Accuracy shouldn't be suicidal.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 08:32 PM

Rapaire:

Shouldn't that read "Knight of St Columba"? I wasn't aware that Columbus had been canonised.

O.k. I Googled for a link to use and found that the name is used as you state across the pond. Surely it causes confusion there!

Columba/Columbus

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: SINSULL
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 09:29 PM

"Heel of the evening to you". It's a mild insult.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 09:48 AM

Time to refresh this one, me thinks...

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: leftydee
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 11:07 AM

Clinton,

Here's my favorite........ Get off the stage and don't puke on my equipment, you drunken little shit!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Peace
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 03:17 PM

How's about "Happy St Patrick's Day"?

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 03:22 PM

So you HAVE played @ Patrick O'Ryans eh, Leftydee!?!?!

Sorry....

:-P
Heh

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Dave Earl
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 03:35 PM

How about:-

Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

Which I have been told means someting like "and we'll leave it at that" or "Thats enough of that"

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: GUEST,Dave'sWife sans cookie
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 10:32 PM

I think maybe I should just go into my office and close the door until AFTER St. Patrick's Day!

In one of the other threads, someone explained that all St. Patrick's Day is to us is another Holy Day of Obligation meaning Mass in the morning, maybe some private family greetings but no green beer, no trips to pubs and certainly no green bagels.

My grandfather used to tell me that things were a little different in the 1920s when the day was somehwat politcal in nature with toasts to Padriag Pearse were made or Masses said in memory of family men who died resisting the occupation. I'm too young (41) to have any association with those things.

My father remembers things a little differently and more fondly. The 1950s weren't a bad time to be Irish in NYC. He has pleasant memories of marching in the parade with his school and watching his uncles March with Ladder Companies or "Houses" (Precincts.) There are photos of me and mys sister as very young girls at the parade but I don't remember that much. The Easter parade was a much bigger deal socially.

Now Easter.. that was the blow-out holiday for us. New coats, bonnets and dresses from Grandmother, big photo taking sessions, To Mass and then to the Parade, huge afternoon meals with every cousin you never knew you had and so on. Bigger than Christmas even!

Interesting how things change with time. Easter is much less of a holiday and St. Patrick's much more of one.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Windsinger
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 10:50 PM

Breton,

How 'bout 's minic a bhris béal duine a shrón (a man's mouth often breaks his nose)? ;)

Good advice to keep in mind after the fifth or sixth pint.

Slán,

~Fionn

www.geocities.com/children_of_lir

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Alba
Date: 15 Mar 06 - 11:36 PM

Well O'Brian...**BG**

You did say that you knew you were setting yourself up with this Thread ..!!

So now you know some of the expressions that will totally P** a lot of drunk people off at a gig on St Patricks day IF they speak the Irish!
Sometimes if your doing the gig and all around you is madness just tell yourself, if you can't beat them join them:)

If that is the case may I suggest you say to the Bartender, as you step over the unconscious drunk Body in front of the bar,
Tabhair dom an rud céanna mar atá ag an fhear ar an urlár!
(pronounced, Toe-er do un rudd kear-nah marr ah-ta ig un arr air un urr-lar )
Which means,
Give me the same as the man on the floor!
Then if you have enough of whatever he had and you decide to use one or more of the less polite suggestions you will be numb enought to feel no pain!
I would steer well clear from the 'Kiss my Arse" in Irish or English myself..but...hey there is many a man that has chnaged from a Saint to Warrior once he has drink taken..:)

Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 03:52 AM

that Oscar Wilde had a nice bum

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Gedpipes
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 04:22 AM

Try
FTB or
Feck off

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Alba
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 09:47 AM

Oh aye Gedpipes that one is universal in it's meaning but can, sometimes, attract a rather strong reply and not always a verbal one at that:)

...but it is a keeper, I agree!

Ill feck off now shall I..
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Windsinger
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 10:59 AM

Must be dialectal difference going on here; I usually hear "fook". ;)

As in...

Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop in Dingle. They head to the bird section and Eamonn says to Fergus, "Dat's dem." The owner comes over and asks if he can help them.

"Yeah, we'll take four of dem dere little budgies in dat cage up dere," says Eamonn.

The owner puts the budgies in a cardboard box.

Fergus and Eamonn pay for the birds, leave the shop and get into Eamonn's truck to drive to the top of the Connor Pass.

At the Connor Pass, Eamonn looks down at the 1000-foot drop and says, "Dis looks like a grand place." He takes two birds out of the box, puts one on each shoulder and jumps off the cliff.

Fergus watches as the budgies fly off and Eamonn falls all the way to the bottom, killing himself stone dead. Looking down at the remains of his best pal, Fergus shakes his head and says, "Fook dat. Dis budgie-jumping is too fook'n dangerous for me."

Slán,

~Fionn

www.geocities.com/children_of_lir

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: GUEST,Ard Mhacha
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 03:04 PM

As Brendan Behan would have said "Jaysus, but i`m powerful sick" and then had a technicolour yawn on Nelsons Pillar.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 04:16 PM

For someone who protests stereotypes, you sure now how to tell 'em, Windy.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Windsinger
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 04:47 PM

Hmmm...two snarkish posts in a row, and I can't remember having aimed a drop of spleen at you.

(And just think, a short while ago we were comparing friendly notes about flowers.)

Are you having a bad week or something, Kat? :P

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: GUEST,thom O'Connolly
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 08:26 PM

"there are 3 types of Irishmen that don't understand women.;old ones, young ones and the ones in the middle"

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Lox
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 08:59 PM

Peace,

You beat me to it!

Happy St Patricks day to yerself (when it gets here).

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Mar 17 - 01:11 PM

refresh this one

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Senoufou
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 04:42 AM

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone!
Eliza (I'm half Irish)

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 05:01 AM

"Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone!"
Thank you Eliza - hope it's better weather in East Anglia than it is here on the West Coast of Ireland
Doesn't auger well for our town parade this afternoon, but I expect it won't be raining in the bars!
Wonder which half of you is Irish!
I was at a party a few years ago and was present at a conversation between my sister and another lady of similar years who were discussing the fact that, even at their late age they were beginning to feel "broody"
They finally agreed that the only practical solution was to have half a baby each
"Right", says our Margaret, "which half do you want, that half that cries all night or the half that pees?"
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: David C. Carter
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 05:46 AM

Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone.

It's Green Guiness tonight!


David

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 06:50 AM

A great day to claim your Irishness. I'm definitely half-Irish by descent, and when the Brexit disaster struck I looked into whether I could take Irish citizenship. I qualify all right - but they charge a fortune! Have a good 'un, Jim, and no Daniel O'Donnell!

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Senoufou
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 08:01 AM

Hahaha Jim! Not sure which half of the baby would be better. At least pee is quiet.
I think, since it was my mother who was Irish (Cork) and she was really funny and good with mimicry, it must be my top half which is Irish, the bit with the brain in. ("Are you sure you have one?" says my husband, looking over my shoulder at this post.)
Oh I do love Guinness. So thick, creamy and full-flavoured...
I also used to drink 'sweet stout' and McEwans Heavy in Scotland. I have rather coarse tastes I'm afraid, no fancy cocktails or smart wines for me.
I'm wearing a green top today, not that anyone here in Norfolk would notice the significance. And it's only 9 degrees with a very chilly wind. Horrid.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: JMB
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 01:02 PM

La Fheile Padraig Sona Duit. I know Gaeilge speakers might cringe that I didn't put the accents on the letters. I'm not tech savvy, but at least the sentiment is there. I normally dress in black or other dark colours, but today I have some green on my shirt and I could wear my green cap as well in honour of our Irish friends.

Subject: RE: BS: Irish expressions for St Patrick's Day?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 17 Mar 17 - 04:03 PM

I love that ankles one, we learned it honeymooning in Ireland back in the '90's...

But sure and where is the Nigerian poetry then?