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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together.
They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head.
The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust.
The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer, and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened.
The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer, and started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU B$@T*RD!!!!"
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Guinness is according to many Irish, Ireland's national drink. The famous Irish brewery website has a fun little interactive flash movie, a short film called "Hands, Good things come to those who wait" which combines rhythmic had gestures and music for some humorous entertainment. When you've finished watching the movie you can select different hand movements and and include a short message select custom music to make your own Hands Movie which you can play at the site and send as an email to your friends. Try this short interactive flash movie it's pretty cool, way cool!
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Guinness actually has lots of interesting Irish, beer, and Saint Patrick's Day related stuff, you may want just start at the Guinness Brewery Website Home Page and explore.
As legend has it, Saint Patrick of the holiday Saint Patrick’s Day was of Wales, born in AD 385. He took on work as an Ireland bishop ironically after spending the first sixteen years of his life as a pagan. It took being captured and sold as a slave by Irish marauders to cause him to create a relationship with God.
He lived as a slave for six years before he escaped to Gaul. Here, he dedicated twelve years of his life to the monastery of Saint Germain, the Auxerre bishop, that he had escaped to and he firmly believed at the close of his studies that he was meant to convert pagan believers in the direction of God. The young lad of The Saint Patrick’s Day tale soon would travel back to Ireland to convert others to Christianity.
Saint Patrick carried on in this manner, establishing monasteries, schools and churches in Ireland for thirty years before retiring to a place named County Down, where he died in 461 AD. There is a vast amount of folklore that has never been substantiated. Some believed he raised people of the dead while other stories claim he eradicated all of the snakes of Ireland with one sermon. Even with such a religious background, Saint Patrick’s Day has come to be a secular holiday.
The ever-famous icon held in the three-leafed-shamrock comes from an Irish legend where Saint Patrick used this object to describe Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as separate but connected entities. Believers gained a custom of wearing a shamrock on Saint Patrick’s day of feast.
America formally adopted this legend in 1737 when its people publicly celebrated the holiday in Boston. Today this ceremony includes the color of green to represent the shamrock, parades of celebration and the merry times of socializing with beer.
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When you go out to a party or anywhere on Saint Patrick's Day you need to wear green or you will get pinched (an old Irish tradition started by school children); when you wear the green then it's also safe for you to pinch anyone else who is not. It's a great idea to have a few Irish sayings, songs and Blessings up your sleeve for the big day and the most popular Irish songs for Saint Patrick's are "Old Danny Boy" and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling".
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
‘Tis you, ‘tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
‘Tis I'll be here 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'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
When Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing.
When Irish hearts are happy,
All the world seems bright and gay.
And when Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, they steal your heart away.
Saint Patrick's Day Recipes!Whether you are looking for an Irish banquet or just appetizers and treats for your Saint Patrick's Day party go with the tried and true; "Betty Crocker" has been helping us cook delicious food since 1921; some of Betty Crocker's ! Saint Patrick's Day Recipes are bound to help your Saint Patrick's Day Party a winner or try these Iris Recipes to set the Irish mood for your Saint Patrick's Day!
Irish Movies for Staint Patrick's DayMy Favorite Irish Movies:
1) Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) -This is a great Irish Leprechaun movie, Disney fun entertainment for the whole family! Irishman Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) finds himself face to face with magical little people -- leprechauns -- in this whimsical Disney gem. One of O'Gill's tall tales comes true when he captures the King of the Leprechauns (Not an actor a real Leprechaun King?), who must grant him three wishes. But all the wishes ultimately backfire, with comical results. Partly filmed on location, the movie co-stars Sean Connery (in an early role), Janet Munro and Estelle Winwood. The extras included on the DVD version of the film include a short documentary about the life of Sean Connery, who was quite young in this film and he sings too. Also this film also uses real leprechauns and some incredible surreal landscapes of Ireland which are the results of some pre-computer state of the art film effects; learn all about this in the "Making of Darby O'Gill and the Little People", which is included on the DVD. This movie is purportedly one of Walt Disney's most personal pet projects, Darby O'Gill shows the effort and care put into it. Even now the special effects hold up shockingly well.
2) The Quiet Man (1952) - This is the classic Hollywood view of Ireland and the Irish, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara and directed by the great John Ford, best known for his classic Westerns starring John Wayne. It was shot in Ireland with Irish extras, and it was for years the quintessential Hollywood Irish movie.
3) Waking Ned Devine (1998) - When the residents of a poverty-stricken Irish village discover that someone in their midst has won a fortune in the lottery, the race is on to find the winner and part him from some of those winnings. This film is hilarious, with some wonderful visual gags and snappy, witty dialog.
4) My Left Foot (1989) - Daniel Day-Lewis' break-out role as Irish artist Christy Brown who was born with cerebral palsy yet learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb, his left foot. Like many Irish films, it is both funny and inspiring.
5) Finian's Rainbow (1968) - Fred Astaire takes on his last lead musical role in Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of "Finian's Rainbow." The tale centers on Irishman Finian (Astaire), who fights a leprechaun (Tommy Steele) over a pot of gold. Meanwhile, Finian's lovelorn daughter (Petula Clark) makes a wish that transforms the town's racist senator (Keenan Wynn) into a black man. Extras include the featurette "The World Premiere of Finian's Rainbow" and the trailer.
6) The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) - A magical adventure unfolds when American Jack Woods (Randy Quaid) rents a quaint cottage in Ireland and finds, to his dismay, that the house is inhabited by a family of leprechauns. When one of the little guys (Colm Meaney) and his son crash the fairies' ball, a feud between the leprechauns and the fairies is rekindled. The Grand Banshee (Whoopi Goldberg) warns of terrible consequences, and Jack is chosen to make peace.
7) Excalibur (1981) - Director John Boorman's fantasy-like, Irish-made version of the legend of King Arthur shows off beautiful Irish scenery and is filled with talented Irish actors, including Liam Neeson in his first featured film role. Directed by Boorman on a shoestring budget yet it looks great.
8) A Very Unlucky Leprechaun (1998) - A little girl named Molly is determined to shake off the bad luck that's surrounded Misfortune Manor, a home she and her father have inherited in Ireland. What's causing the ill will? It seems the resident leprechaun Molly befriends has no luck at all, having not eaten a four-leaf clover in ages. Molly decides to fix that colossal oversight by growing her own lucky clovers. Tim Matheson and Lisa Thornhill star.
8) The Commitments (1991) - An entertaining, comic film about turning an Irishman's love of Motown and Soul Music into the founding of The Commitments, billed as "The World's Hardest Working Band," directed by Alan Parker.
10) Michael Collins (1996) - Irishman Liam Neeson stars in this historical tale set in 1916 about the founding of Ireland, the roots of the Irish Troubles and the Irish Republican Army. A good but not flawless narrative film version of this slice of history and an engrossing film. Directed by Neil Jordan, who also did "The Crying Game."
11) Bloody Sunday (2002) - Director Paul Greengrass does a documentary like recreation of the fateful North Ireland confrontation that became known as Bloody Sunday, which sparked the violence of the modern Irish Troubles. A serious, gritty film, it captures the emotional impact of the event by using as extras some of the people who were actually there for the massacre. The hand-held, documentary style makes you feel as if you are watching the actual news footage.
12) The Dead (1987) - Director John Huston's last film, based on a story by great Irish author James Joyce, starring the director's daughter Angelica Huston. A dream-like, gripping, art house style gem of a film.
13) The Butcher Boy (1997) - Director Neil Jordan's dark-humored, surreal, Sweeney Todd-like tale of a disturbed Irish boy, with a depressed mother and alcoholic father, who talks to a vision called Our Lady, played by Sinead O'Connor. An odd yet surprisingly funny art house film.
14) Breakfast on Pluto (2005) - In a new twist on a common theme, director Neil Jordan bring us another off-beat film, a dark comedy tale of a Candid-like transvestite against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles. The film stars Cillian Murphy and Liam Neeson
Why is it so hard to get cash from Leprechanuns?
Because they are always a little short!
Why do the Irish wear shamrocks?
Because "real" rocks are too heavy!
Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, 'Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish Whiskey!'
Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
Paddy looked up again and said,
'Never mind, I found one.'
An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.
He says, 'Sir, have you been drinking?'
'Just water,' says the priest.
The trooper says, 'Then why do I smell wine?'
The priest looks at the bottle and says,
'Good Lord! He's done it again!'
Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets,
'Do you want to go to heaven?'
The man said, 'I do, Father.'
The priest said, 'Then stand over there against the wall.'
Then the priest asked the second man,
'Do you want to go to heaven?'
'Certainly, Father,' was the man's reply.
'Then stand over there against the wall,' said the priest.
Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and said,
'Do you want to go to heaven?'
O'Toole said, 'No, I don't Father.'
The priest said, 'I don't believe this.
You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?'
O'Toole said,
'Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.'
Gallagher opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died.
He quickly phoned his best friend, Finney.
'Did you see the paper?' asked Gallagher. 'They say I died!!'
'Yes, I saw it!' replied Finney.
'Where are ye callin' from?'
Flynn staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy.
He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Mary.
He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed heavily on his rump. A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing especially painful.
Managing not to yell, Flynn sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding. He managed to quietly find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could on each place he saw blood.
He then hid the now almost empty Band-Aid box and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed.
In the morning, Flynn woke up with searing pain in both his head and butt and Mary staring at him from across the room.
She said, 'You were drunk again last night weren't you?'
Flynn said, 'Why do you say such a mean thing?'
'Well,' Mary said, 'it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly..
..it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the hall mirror.
Walking into the bar, Mike said to Charlie the bartender, 'Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little woman.'
'Oh yeah?' said Charlie, 'And how did this one end?'
'When it was over,' Mike replied, 'She came to me on her hands and knees.
'Really,' said Charles, 'Now that's a switch!
What did she say?'
She said,
'Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.'

Found at Last! Real Alien
Those tricky Aliens, this one tried to disguise himself as a Leprechaun for Saint Patrick's Day! I have some
CLIPART
of his image in the new Strange Saint Patrick's Day Graphics Collection as well as some other quite unusual Irish Clipart for your Saint Patrick's Day Pleasure.
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Traditional Irish Blessing Text from the above online Irish Blessing, Irish Music and Ireland Countryside Photos Video:
I wish you not a path devoid of clouds,
Nor a life on a bed of roses,
not that you might never need regret,
nor that you should never feel pain.
No, that is not my wish for you.
My wish for you is:
That you might be brave in times of trial,
when others lay crosses upon your shoulders.
When mountains must be climbed
and chasms are to be crossed;
when hope scarce can shine through.
That every gift God gave you might grow along with you.
And let you give the gift of joy to those who care for you.
That you may always have friend
who is worth that name.
Whom you can trust,
and helps you in times of sadness.
Who will deify the storms of daily life at your side.
One more wish I have for you:
That in every hour of joy and pain you might feel God close to you.
This is my wish for you and all who care for you,
This is my hope for you for now and forever.
Traditional Irish Blessing Flash Music Video Credits:
( e-water.net flash video - Unknown Irish Author, translated by Charles Mitchell Music by Joanie Madden - Down by The Sally Gardens)

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