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Thread #93221 Message #1794561
Posted By: GUEST,An Buachaill Caol Dubh
27-Jul-06 - 10:37 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Favorite Blessings/Graces
Subject: RE: Folklore: Favorite Blessings/Graces
As a "toast" rather than a "Grace", I like this one:
"Here's to the Harp of Ireland, and may she never lack a string as long as there's a gut in the Peeler".
Just in case anyone doesn't already know this, "Peeler" is an old term for a policeman (from the politician, Robert Peel; whence also the fairly polite term "Bobbies").
For a "Grace", this one, "The Selkirk Grace" (often attributed to Robert Burns) is humorous and comprehensive:
"Some hae meat, and canna eat,
And some hae nane that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae, the Lord be thankit"
And one he really did make is witty:
"Oh Lord, since we hae feasted thus,
Which we so little merit,
May Jock nou tak awa the Flesh,
And Meg bring in the Spirit"