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St. Patrick: one of the few saints

Leprechaun — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:08:27 +0000

“St. Patrick: one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.”
by Charles M. Madigan

We cannot share this sorrow

Leprechaun — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:12:04 +0000

We cannot share this sorrow
If we haven’t grieved a while.
Nor can we feel another’s joy
Until we’ve learned to smile.

The race of men named the Gael

Leprechaun — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:10:50 +0000

The race of men named the Gael,
Is a race God surely made mad.
For all of their wars are merry
And all of their loves are sad.

Ireland it’s the one place on earth

Leprechaun — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:05:23 +0000

Ireland, it’s the one place on earth
That heaven has kissed
With melody, mirth,
And meadow and mist.

God made the Italians for their beauty

Leprechaun — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:26:35 +0000

God made the Italians for their beauty. The French for fine food. The Swedes for intelligence. The Jews for religion. And on and on until he looked at what he had created and said, “This is all very fine but no one is having fun. I guess I’ll have to make me an Irishman.”

Better buy a small bouquet

Leprechaun — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:30:45 +0000

‘Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he’s dead.

Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter

Leprechaun — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:59:25 +0000

Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter
Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after.
Poems and songs with pipes and drums
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes.
That’s the Irish for you!

If you’re enough lucky to be Irish

Leprechaun — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:55:55 +0000

If you’re enough lucky to be Irish…
You’re lucky enough!My wild Irish rose
The sweetest flower that grows
You may search everywhere
But none can compare to my wild Irish rose
My wild Irish rose
The sweetest flower that grows
Someday for my sake she may let me take
A bloom from my wild Irish rose

I’m looking over a four leaf clover

Leprechaun — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:51:55 +0000

I’m looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,
Third is the roses that grow in the lane.
No need explaining the one remaining
Is somebody I adore.
I’m looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before.