A WEE BIT O' ST. PATRICK'S DAY FUN!
by Linda Living Joy Lorenzo on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 9:34am
ALL YE LADS AND LASSIES
"ERIN GO BRAUGH"
AND
TOP O' THE MORNIN' TO YE
TIS THE TIME FOR THE WEARN' O' THE GREEN
LEPRECHAUNS, CASTLES, GOOD LUCK AND LAUGHTER,
LULLABIES, DREAMS AND LOVE EVER AFTER...
I BE CHANNELIN' ME GREAT GRAND MUM BRIDGET DUKE
FROM COUNTY CORK THIS DAY...
AND BE STOPPIN' BY TO BRING SOME IRISH FUN,
SONGS, JOKES AND LAUGHTER YOUR WAY...
SO ENJOY ME LITTLE NOTE...
AND THE JOY THAT LIES HERE WITHIN...
THEN STOP BY ME WALL AND BE SHARIN' SOME GRINS...
FOR SOME VIRTUAL SINGIN' AND DANCIN'...
THAT THE WEE FOLK HAVE PLACED THERE FOR YE'
FOR YOUR DAY TO BEGIN...
SO TODAY,WEAR YOUR GREEN,
EAT CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE
AND ENJOY A COLD FROSTY BEER...
CAUSE THIS LASS BE WISHIN' YE' A DAY BLESSED WITH LAUGHTER,
LUCK & LOVE...
AND SOME GOOD IRISH CHEER...
POEMS AND BLESSINGS
St. Patrick's Day is here, you see.
We'll pick some shamrocks, one, two, three.
We'll count the leaves and look them over,
And maybe find a four-leafed clover.
I'll sew green buttons on my vest,
Green for St. Patrick is the best.
I'll wear a green hat, very high,
And dance a jig--at least I'll try!
The Wearin' O' the Green
Today is the day fer the wearin' o' the green.
Today is the day when the little people are seen.
Today is St. Patrick's Day, so if ye'r Irish me lad,
Join the celebratin' fer the grandest time ta' be had.
Ya' put yer hand up in the air, the other hand on your hip.
Ya' tap yer toe, ya' tap yer heel, ya' bounce yer knee a wee bit.
Ya' prance 'n dance around the room, n' circle one two three.
The saints be praised, I must admit, ya' all look Irish ta' me.
I'll Wear a Shamrock
St. Patrick's Day is with us,
The day when all that's seen
To right and left and everywhere
Is green, green, green!
And Irish tunes they whistle
And Irish songs they sing,
To-day each Irish lad walks out
As proud as any king.
I'll wear a four-leaf shamrock
In my coat, the glad day through,
For my father and mother are Irish
And I am Irish too!
May you always have
Walls for the winds,
A roof for the rain,
Tea beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you,
Those you love near you,
And all your heart might desire!
May you be in
Heaven a half hour before the
Devil knows you're dead!
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How in the hell can he drink when he's dead?
May the best day of your past
Be the worst day of your future.
May those who love us, love us
And those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts
And if he can't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping!
As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
May luck be our companion
May friends stand by our side
May history remind us all
Of Ireland's faith and pride.
May God bless us with happiness
May love and faith abide.
There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle,
'Twas St. Patrick himself, sure, that sets it;
And the sun of his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It grows through the bog, through the brake, through the mireland,
And they call it the dear little Shamrock of Ireland.
May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.
May you have:
A world of wishes at your command
God and his angels close at hand
Friends and family their love impart,
And Irish blessings in you heart.
May God grant you many years to live,
For sure he must be knowing
The earth has angels all to few
And Heaven is overflowing.
These things I warmly wish to you-
Someone to love
Some work to do
A bit o' sun
A bit o' cheer
And a guardian angel always near.
Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one!
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night,
May the lilt of lush laughter lighten ever road,
May the midst of Irish magic shorten every road.
May you taste the sweetest pleasures
that fortune ever bestowed,
And may all your friends remember
all the favors you are owed.
Go mbeannai Dia duit
(May God Bless You)
May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.
God is good, but never dance in a small boat.
May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.
For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way-
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
SONGS
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILIN'
When Irish eyes are smiling,
Tis like a morn in spring.
With a lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world is bright and gay
When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, they steal your heart away
DANNY BOY
Oh Danny boy, the pipes the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen and on the mountainside.
The summer's gone and all the leaves are falling,
'Tis you must go, 'tis you must go and I must bide !
But come you back, when summer's in the meadow,
Or when the valley's hush and white with snow !
Then I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so !
And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.
And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so!
UNICORN
A long time ago when the Earth was green,
There was more kinds of animals then you've ever seen.
And they'd run around free while the world was being born.
The loveliest of all was the Unicorn!
There was green alligators and long necked geese,
Hump back camels and chimpanzees.
Cats and rats and elephants but sure a you're born,
The loveliest of all was the Unicorn!
But the Lord seen some sinnin' and it caused him pain.
He says, "Stand back, I'm gonna make it rain.
So hey, Brother Noah, I'll tell you what to do.
Go and build me a floating zoo."
"You'll take two alligators and a couple of geese,
Two hump back camels and two chimpanzees.
Two cats, two rats, two elephants but as sure as you're born,
Noah, don't you forget my unicorns!"
Well, Noah looked out through the drivin' rain,
But the unicorns was hidin'-playin' silly games.
They were kickin' and a-splashin' while the rain was pourin',
Oh them foolish unicorns.
"So you take two alligators and a couple of geese,
Two hump back camels and two chimpanzees.
Two cats, two rats, two elephants but as sure as you're born,
Noah, don't you forget my unicorns."
And the the ark started movin' and it drifted with the tide,
And the unicorns looked up from the rock and cried.
And the water came up and sort of floated them away,
That's why you've never seen a unicorn to this day.
You'll see a lot of alligators and a whole mess of geese,
You'll see hump back camels and chimpanzees.
You'll see cats and rats and elephants but as sure as you're born,
You're never gonna see no unicorn.
ON ST. PATRICKS DAY
Sung to the tune of "Skip to My Lou"
Let's wear green and dance a jig,
Let's wear green and dance a jig,
Let's wear green and dance a jig,
On St. Patrick's Day.
Let's find a clover with four leaves,
Let's find a clover with four leaves,
Let's find a clover with four leaves,
On St. Patrick's Day.
Let's look for leprechauns on their way,
Let's look for leprechauns on their way,
Let's look for leprechauns on their way,
On St. Patrick's Day.
Let's search for gold at the rainbow's end,
Let's search for gold at the rainbow's end,
Let's search for gold at the rainbow's end,
On St. Patrick's Day. * * * *
AN IRISH LULLABY
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Hush now, don't you cry.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
That's an Irish lullaby.
Over in Kilarney,
Many years ago
My mother sang a song to me
In tones so soft and low
Just a simple little ditty
In her good old Irish way
And I'd give the world if I could hear
That song of hers today.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Hush now, don't you cry.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
That's an Irish lullaby.
Oft' in dreams I wander
To that cot again
I feel her arms a huggin' me
As when she held me then.
And I hear her voice a hummin'
To me as in days of yore,
When she used to rock me fast asleep
Outside the cabin door.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Hush now, don't you cry.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
Too-ra-loo-ra-li
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
That's an Irish lullaby. * * * *
I'M LOOKING FOR A LEPRECHAUN
Sung to the tune of Mary had a little lamb
I'm looking for a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun.
I'm looking for a leprechaun,
Do you know where he's gone?
He wears a suit that's made of green,
Made of green, made of green,
He wears a suit that's made of green,
Do you know where he's gone?
He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold,
Hides his gold, hides his gold,
He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold,
Do you know where he's gone?
If you see a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun,
If you see a leprechaun,
Please tell me where he's gone! * * * *
JOKES AND FUN
Good Luck Omens to Look for on St. Patrick's Day
1. You find a four-leaved clover while removing belly-button lint from your navel.
2. Green water is flowing uncontrollably from all water outlets in your home.
3. You notice a leprechaun's bloody shoe in your dog's mouth.
4. You hear an echoed voice saying "Manly, yes, but I like it too" while you're showering.
5. You follow a rainbow to its end and find a pot of steamin' hot Cheez Whiz.
6. During breakfast, you realize that Lucky Charms truly are "magically delicious."
7. Someone has replaced the water in your fishtank with green beer, resulting in loud, drunken,
unruly fish singing "Oh, Danny Boy" at the top of their gills.
8. You find a patch of four-leaved clovers growing in your sock drawer.
9. You receive junk mail addressed to O'Current Resident.
10. You have cornered a wet, shivering, frightened leprechaun in your laundry room and are
taunting him, saying "Do you feel lucky... punk?"
A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink.
"Why of course," comes the reply.
The first man then asks: "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Ireland," replies the second man.
The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland."
"Of Course," replies the second man.
Curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Ireland are you from?"
"Dublin," comes the reply.
"I can't believe it," says the first man.
"I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin."
"Of course," replies the second man.
Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks:
"What school did you go to?"
"Saint Mary's," replies the second man.
"I graduated in '62."
"This is unbelievable!" the first man says.
"I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!"
About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar.
"What's been going on?" he asks the bartender.
"Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The O'Malley twins are drunk again."
Two Irishmen, Patrick & Michael, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape from a burning freighter. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, Patrick stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously To the amazement of Patrick, a genie came forth. This particular genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three. Without giving much thought to the matter, Patrick blurted out, "Make the entire ocean into Guinness Beer!" The genie clapped his hands with a deafening crash, and immediately the entire sea turned into the finest brew ever sampled by mortals. Simultaneously, the genie vanished. Only the gentle lapping of Guinness on the hull broke the stillness as the two men considered their circumstances. Michael looked disgustedly at Patrick whose wish had been granted. After a long, tension-filled moment, he spoke: "Nice going Patrick! Now we're going to have to pee in the boat!
The Doctor was puzzled "I'm very sorry but I can't diagnose your trouble, Mahoney. I think it must be drink. "
"Don't worry about it Dr. Kelley, I'll come back when you're sober."
"Did you hear that Flanagan invented an invisible deodorant ?" "No, what good is it ?"
"Well if you use, you vanish and no one knows where the smell is coming from !"
MOVIES
St. Patrick's Day (1997)
Director: Hope Perello
Starring: Piper Laurie, Joanne Baron, Jim Metzler, Redmond Gleeson, Bob Evan Collins, Martin Cassidy and others.
Plot: Mary Pat Donnely McDonough (Piper Laurie), the matriarch of a large Irish-American family, invites many of her family members to attend her weekend-long party and reunion to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. But the guests are in for a shock when their host not only announces to them her decision of giving up alcohol but also informs them her resolve to disallow anyone to drink in her home. With no drinks for the next two days, a number of secrets tumble out of the closet of the nearly two-dozen guests on hand. The family servant Thomas (Redmond M. Gleason) decides to proclaim his love for Mary; Priss (Joanne Baron), Mary's daughter, announces her decision to dump her spouse for a much younger man; a pair of distant cousins decide a roll in the clover is in order; and teenaged Cassie (Colleen Fitzpatrick, who has now grown up to be a successful pop singer under the name Vitamin C) has a great time capturing the most embarrassing moments of almost everyone on videotape. This funny comedy about an unusual family gathering was well appreciated and great to watch on 3/17.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood and others.
Plot: Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) is a frisky old storyteller who spins tall tales of leprechauns and banshees. Then one day, myth and reality collide for him when he actually captures the monarch of the leprechauns named King Brian. True to legend, the leprechaun grants him three wishes but when all the wishes begin to backfire in amusing, and sometimes frightening ways Darby realizes that he is up against a shrewd little trickster. He understands that to get to the hidden gold of the leprechauns, he must be very careful of what he wishes for - which proves no small task indeed! This classic Irish flick has a young and dashing 29 year old Sean Connery in his first and last singing role.
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Director: John Henderson
Starring: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney, Kieran Culkin
There's a war goin' on in this bit o' blarney, but it's more than the feud between the fairies and the leprechauns, upon which most of the overwrought tale hangs. It's also a struggle between competing, derivative story lines in this bloated, plodding film that can't decide what it wants to be. It's part Romeo and Juliet, via the seemingly doomed romance of the princess fairy and teenage leprechaun; part contemporary romance, with an uncomfortable-looking Randy Quaid in the romantic lead; and a large part unfocused fable that fills out its Irish stew with a feud reminiscent of Ireland's Catholic-Protestant conflict while throwing in fantastical Braveheart-style battle scenes and Riverdance-like interludes. The most stunning scenes are the fairy sequences that take place in a futuristic castle in the sky (think Wizard of Oz meets Star Wars) and the epic battles with innovative leprechaun bark-and-stick armor. It all makes for a jumble of a long movie, which originally aired as a miniseries on NBC. --Valerie J. Nelson
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Director: John Sayles
Starring: Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey, Dave Duffy, Declan Hannigan, Mairead Ni Ghallchoir and others.
Plot: Ten year old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. The little girl soon learns of the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years ago, Fiona's baby brother washed out to sea in a boat-shaped cradle and one of her family members believe that the boy is being raised by the seals. Then Fiona catches sight of a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish. Is the boy her long lost brother? In her quest, Fiona uncovers the astonishing secret of Roan Inish. With powerful music and a gripping storyline and direction, this is a mystical movie that you would love to watch over and over again.
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb, James Todd, Jayne Meadows and others.
Plot: Steven Fitzgerald(Tyrone Power) is a newspaper reporter who works with an influential publisher turned politician, Augur (Lee J. Cobb) because of the money and prestige. Jayne Meadows plays Augur's elegant and glamorous daughter who is in love with Steven. While in Ireland, Steven comes across a beautiful young woman named Nora and a leprechaun with the proverbial pot o' gold. Steven is instantly attracted to Nora. He returns the gold and returns to New York. Eager to repay his debt, the leprechaun traces Steven back to America and appears as his servant, under the assumed name of Horace. With the leprechaun by his side, Steven finds strange things happening around him. This charming film effortlessly draws you into its whimsical story and is a must watch on St. Patrick's Day.
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Director: Kirk Jones
Starring: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt, Paul Vaughan and others.
Plot: Jackie O'Shea(Ian Bannen) is a resident of the tiny Irish coastal village of Tully Moor. When he discovers that someone in their tiny Irish village has won the national lottery, they go to great lengths to find the winner so they can share the wealth. After some effort, Jackie figures out that the lucky winner is none other than his new best friend Ned Devine. Fortunately for him, he finds out Ned has died of shock upon discovering that the prize money he won was a total of 6.9 million Irish pounds. So Jackie and his real best friend David Kelly(Michael O'Sullivan) devise a scheme to pretend that Ned is still alive by having another man pose as him, and then collect the lottery money and share it between them. But is it easy to keep a dead man alive before the world? Watch this greatly amusing film and find out!
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