Irish sayings and blessings » Irish curses http://www.irishsayings.org Irish sayings to cheer and bring joy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:56:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 May the snails devour his corpsehttp://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-snails-devour-his-corpse/752 http://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-snails-devour-his-corpse/752#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:24:05 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=752 May the snails devour his corpse And the rains do harm worse May the devil sweep the hairy creature soon!

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-snails-devour-his-corpse/752/feed 0 I bind youhttp://www.irishsayings.org/i-bind-you/701 http://www.irishsayings.org/i-bind-you/701#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:34:01 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=701 I bind you by grave injunctions of magic from the river, back to the river, may you fall in a nettle patch and may savage dogs eat your one good foot on a mountain

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/i-bind-you/701/feed 0 May the lamb of Godhttp://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-lamb-of-god/699 http://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-lamb-of-god/699#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:32:55 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=699 May the lamb of God stir his hoof through the roof of heaven and kick you in the arse down to hell.

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-lamb-of-god/699/feed 0 The monster that murdered Neill Flaherty’s drakehttp://www.irishsayings.org/the-monster-that-murdered-neill-flahertys-drake/697 http://www.irishsayings.org/the-monster-that-murdered-neill-flahertys-drake/697#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:29:48 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=697 May his pipe never smoke, may his teapot be broke
And to add to the joke, may his kettle ne’er boil,
May he keep to the bed ’til the hour that he’s dead,
May he always be fed on hogwash and boiled oil,
May he swell with the gout, may his grinders fall out,
May he roll howl and shout with the horrid toothache,
May the temples wear horns, and the toes many corns,
Of the monster that murdered Neill Flaherty’s drake.

May his spade never dig, may his sow never pig,
May each hair on his wig be well thrashed with a flail,
May his door have no latch, may his house have no thatch,
May his turkey not hatch, may the rats eat his meat,
May every old fairy, from Cork an Dunleary,
Dip him snug and airy in river or lake,
Where the eel and the trout may feed on the snout
Of the monster that murdered Neill Flaherty’s drake.

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/the-monster-that-murdered-neill-flahertys-drake/697/feed 0 May your hens take the disorderhttp://www.irishsayings.org/may-your-hens-take-the-disorder/694 http://www.irishsayings.org/may-your-hens-take-the-disorder/694#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:27:54 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=694 May your hens take the disorder(the fowl-pest), your cows the crippen(phosphorosis) and your calves the white scour! May yourself go stone-blind so that you will not know your wife from a hay-stack!

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/may-your-hens-take-the-disorder/694/feed 0 I hope and pray that none may kill mehttp://www.irishsayings.org/i-hope-and-pray-that-none-may-kill-me/692 http://www.irishsayings.org/i-hope-and-pray-that-none-may-kill-me/692#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:25:44 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=692 I hope and pray that none may kill me
Nor I kill any, with woundings grim
But if ever any should think to kill me
I pray thee, God, let me kill him

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/i-hope-and-pray-that-none-may-kill-me/692/feed 0 No butter be on your milkhttp://www.irishsayings.org/no-butter-be-on-your-milk/688 http://www.irishsayings.org/no-butter-be-on-your-milk/688#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:21:00 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=688 No butter be on your milk nor on your ducks a web
May your child not walk and your cow be flayed
And may the flame be bigger and wider
Which will go through your soul
Than the Connemara mountains
If they were on fire

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/no-butter-be-on-your-milk/688/feed 0 The curse of Mary Malonehttp://www.irishsayings.org/the-curse-of-mary-malone/153 http://www.irishsayings.org/the-curse-of-mary-malone/153#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:57:12 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=153 May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord Himself can’t find you with a telescope!

]]> http://www.irishsayings.org/the-curse-of-mary-malone/153/feed 2 May the enemies of Irelandhttp://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-enemies-of-ireland/149 http://www.irishsayings.org/may-the-enemies-of-ireland/149#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:52:24 +0000 Leprechaun http://www.irishsayings.org/?p=149 May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whiskey,
but be afflicted with itching without the benefit of scratching.

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