HOUSTON RICK
Member
Must - restrain - no - Irish - Jokes .... restraint - no infraction -
Wearing of the green?
- Thread starter BearBio
- Start date
carpriver
US Veteran
From what my mothers told me her side of the family is Scot/Irish. They family held a lease to land in Ireland, they held the lease for about 80 years. The English didn't renew the lease. The family was then asked to immigrate to the colonies. They arrived in 1690's and moved to the interior. Moms family ended up in Michigan in 1730's Moms family were protestant's. My Dad is Welsh, home of the pasty.
I have quie a dilemma: none of my clothes are either green or orange.
Edmo
US Veteran
Although I'm not of Irish descent, it is the one day every year that I'm Irish...
Edmo
Edmo
The first of my ancestors (12 generations/grandmother) born in North America was a woman named Sarah Griffith. She was born in the Jamestown Colony in 1760. She was a teenager during the Revolutionary War. Her parents came from Ireland. I have no idea if they were Protestant or Catholic. She was a Virginian. Seven generations later her descendants were Texans and we've been Texans ever since!
FYI: I've been learning Irish (Ulster Irish) for about 2 years now.
The correct greeting for today is: Dia duit
This doesn't really translate but is something equivalent to "God be with you!"
The response is: Dia Murre duit ("May God and Mary be with you"=you can substitute a Saint's name).
OR Agus tu Fein (same to you)
What's your name is Cae anum Do?
My name is ( Anum Mo.........)
Just a little to spark up your (Irish) day!
Also, Irish speak Irish! == Gaelige.
Gaelic is the language of the Highland Scots (Lowland Scots speak a form of German). A third form of a Gaelic language is Manse (spoken on the Isle of Man). Irish and Gaelic are pretty much the same (Like Dutch and German). Two more distantly related Gaelic languages are Cornish and Welsh.
The correct greeting for today is: Dia duit
This doesn't really translate but is something equivalent to "God be with you!"
The response is: Dia Murre duit ("May God and Mary be with you"=you can substitute a Saint's name).
OR Agus tu Fein (same to you)
What's your name is Cae anum Do?
My name is ( Anum Mo.........)
Just a little to spark up your (Irish) day!
Also, Irish speak Irish! == Gaelige.
Gaelic is the language of the Highland Scots (Lowland Scots speak a form of German). A third form of a Gaelic language is Manse (spoken on the Isle of Man). Irish and Gaelic are pretty much the same (Like Dutch and German). Two more distantly related Gaelic languages are Cornish and Welsh.
Last edited:
I wish all the sons and daughters of the Emerald Isle a grand St. Patrick's Day. I haven't found any line of mine going to Ireland, but I can enjoy a plate of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes, washed down with Guinness as much as anyone.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
I have a little green sign on my door today that says, "I'm Irish, what's your excuse?"
Gift from my sister.
Gift from my sister.
Bkreutz
US Veteran
I wore green (actually OD) for 10 years. And I'm not even close to being Irish.
chaparrito
Member
I found out recently through DNA research that there is a Brit or a Mick or a Scot or a Welshman way back in the woodpile somewheres. I haven't told anybody yet.....
While you're enjoying your corned beef and cabbage, which I'm cooking too, consider that corned beef is the LEAST possible Irish meat there is. It's an American invented "Irish" tradition. A much more Irish accompaniment to over-cooked cabbage until quite recently would have been a boiled joint of lamb or pork.
Ireland: Why We Have No Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipes | European Cuisines.
Green beer? Silly hats? I'll pass...
While you're enjoying your corned beef and cabbage, which I'm cooking too, consider that corned beef is the LEAST possible Irish meat there is. It's an American invented "Irish" tradition. A much more Irish accompaniment to over-cooked cabbage until quite recently would have been a boiled joint of lamb or pork.
Ireland: Why We Have No Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipes | European Cuisines.
Green beer? Silly hats? I'll pass...
hoosierone
Member
Used to work with a guy who always wore an orange tie on March 17. I took it as he was trying to insult Irish Catholics. My best guess is I am at least 50% Irish descent. I have no green on today as I consider myself an American and think a lot of this is silly. Actually, I occasionally irritate liberals by saying I'm a native American since I was born here as were my parents.
Straightshooter2
US Veteran
My mother always said her side of the family was made up from the poor English, Irish and Scots that Oglethorpe got out of debtor's prisons in England to found the Georgia colony. And that nothing had changed. We were still in debt!
CW
CW
Malpasowildlifer
Member
Green today and Orange tomorrow; I've descended from Shevlin (n/Ireland) and O'Sullivan in the south.
