St Patrick's Day & 42 Irish Proverbs - Why on the inside do I feel sad and dread Mother`s Day which in the UK, will fall on Sunday 22 March just five days after my mother's birthday. This is the first year after losing mum in October I cannot wish her a happy birthday or, wish her a happy mother's day to her face. Through prayer and reminiscing while eating a traditional Paddy`s day dinner we will honor her. What has all this got to do with St Patrick's Day; well she was born on this day March 17th in Ireland, and I thought it ideal to include some Irish proverbs into our celebrations. Beef to the heels like a Mullingar heifer she would say at every convenient moment to let us know how proud she was of her roots. There were times we would laugh and sneer at the blarney she would come out with when we were growing up, but it all makes sense now when looking back. We learned a lot from this wise old bird but, I regret not learning to kiss her goodbye every time I left her side, because you never knew when you would ever see her again. This happened to me don`t let it happen to you.
I would like to share with you some old Irish proverbs that I heard her repeat over and over along with others. These Irish proverbs will give rise to good conversation round the table when feasting on St Patrick's Day.
Proverbs cannot be contradicted
1. You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
2. Its no use boiling your cabbage twice.
3. Every dog is brave on his own doorstep.
4. Do not show your teeth until you can bite.
5. Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.
6. An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
7. The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
8. The windy day is not the day for thatching.
9. A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
10. Men may meet, but mountains never greet.
11. It takes time to build castles.
12. Time and patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
13. Patience is a poultice for all wounds.
14. If you don't know the way, walk slowly.
15. It was not on one foot that St. Patrick came to Ireland.
16. Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.
17. A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.
19. You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
20. Absence increases sorrow.
21. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
22. Good sense is as important as food.
23. The wine is sweet, the paying bitter.
24. What butter and whiskey will not cure, there's no cure for.
25. If you lie down with dogs, you'll rise with fleas.
26. Talk of the devil, and he will appear.
27. Constant company wears out its welcome.
28. Poverty parts good company.
29. No one is ever poor who has the sight of his eyes and the use of his feet.
30. The thief is no danger to the beggar.
31. God is good, but never dance in a small boat.
32. God's help is nearer than the door
33. A friend's eye is a good mirror.
34. There is luck in sharing a thing.
35. Better good manners than good looks.
36 You can take a man out of the bog, but you can't take the bog out of the man. This I know for sure because I married a bog man from Co Sligo.
37. It is better to be lucky than rich.
38. When the belly is full, the bones like to stretch.
39. Burning embers are easily kindled.
40. When the sky falls we'll catch larks.
41. One swallow never made a summer.
42 It's often a man's mouth broke his nose.
This St Patrick's Day meal we will sit down to eat a plate of Irish stew along with a huge helping of boiled bacon and cabbage. More often not you will see it down as being corned beef, sorry we paddy`s don`t eat corned beef, it is bacon, and the cabbage is boiled in the bacon water after the meat is cooked. "Col Canon" is another tasty and quick meal. Boil a pan of spuds then mash them with butter with finely cut spring onions in. If you have left over potatoes add flour and roll out flat to make potato cakes. This can also be done with raw potato which in Mullingar is called "Rasp" and if you were from bog land it was called "boxy."
Irish jokes for around the table
What do you call an Irishman who knows how to control his wife?
A bachelor
Definition of an Irish husband:
He hasn't kissed his wife for twenty years, but he will kill any man who does.
Courtship is a time during which the colleen decides whether she can do better or not.
Paddy was standing in the street when an English bloke came up to him and said,
"I say old man, could you show me the way to the nearest boozer?"
Paddy says you're looking at him."
Paddy & Mick were strolling along one day, when they came across a deserted car. They both jumped in, and started checking if everything was in working order. Paddy beeped the horn, "yes that works ok" he says. Then he flicks on his indicator and calls to "Mick, stick you head outta the window and see if it's working"...to which he replied "it is...it isn't...it is...it isn't..."
Unwind from the days celebrations by gathering round the fire with an Irish coffee while singing the lyrics to "My Wild Irish Rose"
Traditional Irish Coffee
1 shot Irish Whiskey
1 tbsp Sugar
6 oz. Coffee
Whipped Cream
Pre-warm a stemmed glass. Add the whiskey.
Add the sugar and stir in the coffee.
Swirl whipped cream on the surface.
Drink the coffee through the cream.
Lyrics to My Wild Irish Rose
My Wild Irish Rose,
The sweetest flower that grows. You may search everywhere,
but none can compare with my wild Irish Rose.
My Wild Irish Rose, The dearest flower that grows. And someday for my sake,
she may let me take, the bloom from my wild Irish Rose
Remember if you have nowhere to go on St Patrick`s Night then there is always a "Hooley on in Flannagan`s house this night."
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