Got any toasting cheers?
Before my buds chug-a-lug on St. Patty's Day, I wanna toast with clever and humorous cheers (Slainte, right?)! Best if Irish related, but not necessary.
The rules:
1. Clever and/or humorous;
2. OR traditional;
3. Able to be said by an Irish person (meaning I can't very well make a cheer about "not integrating or letting the Irish in" (previous suggestion) because I'm already here! Please, it's got to make sense!!
2007-03-15 07:42:31 · 9 answers · asked by LetMeBe 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ St. Patrick's Day
"Here's to you, here's to me
and if ever we should disagree
(insert swear word of choice here, ie F-you)
Here's to me.
2007-03-15 07:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by mbbwat 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
WHY GREEN BEER?
By Thorn Shunt
So what is so all darned special
About this Ol' St. Pat?
A fine old priest
went to root out the beast
And made all the Irish folk chat!
Yes, he went up against the great druids
For they spoke the God words back then.
But Pat showed the king
They knew not a thing
Of One God, of hell or heaven.
So he picked up a clover to show them,
How three God's could all be one.
But how did this make
Everyone go and take
St. Pat's Day as one of fun?
Tho the leprechauns now all wear green,
And songs to St. Pat you can hear...
It's not the shamrocks,
Or wearing green socks...
'tis cuz Pat invented green beer!
2007-03-15 18:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Slainte
Be prepared to toast on St. Patrick's Day!
For all those who were wondering what to say on March 17th, when they raise their glasses, here are a few phrases to remember:
May God bring good health to your enemies enemies
May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.
May you be in heaven one half hour before the devil knows you're dead.
As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way.
There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head,
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How the hell can he drink when he's dead?
May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.
May you get all your wishes but one,
So you always have something to strive for.
Here's to you,
here's to me,
the best of friends we'll always be.
But if we ever disagree,
forget you here's to ME!!
Here's to your coffin...
May it be built of 100 year old oaks which I will plant tomorrow.
Here's to you as good as you are,
Here's to me as bad as I am,
As good as you are,
And as bad as I am,
I'm as good as you are,
As bad as I am.
May the sons of your daughters smile up in your face.
Health, and long life to you
Land without rent to you
The partner of your heart to you
and when you die, may your bones rest in Ireland!
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.
An old Irish recipe for longevity:
Leave the table hungry.
Leave the bed sleepy.
Leave the bar thirsty.
I've drunk to your health in the pubs ,
I've drunk to your health in my home ,
I've drunk to your health so many times ,
That I've almost ruined my own.
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
Or remember what is best forgotten.
May you have the hindsight to know where you've been,
The insight to know where you are,
and the foresight to know when you've gone too far.
May you have warm words on a cold evening,
A full moon on a dark night,
And the road downhill all the way to your door.
May you never make an enemy
When you could make a friend
Unless you meet a fox among your chickens.
May your fire be as warm as the weather is cold.
2007-03-15 15:49:35 · answer #3 · answered by Living for today and a good wine 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
May the lilt of Irish laughter
lighten every load.
May the mist of Irish magic
shorten every road...
And may all your friends remember
all the favours you are owed!
2007-03-15 16:43:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rainbow 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
traditional:
May your home be filled with laughter
May your pockets be filled with gold
And may you have all the happiness
Your Irish heart can hold.
2007-03-15 15:10:00 · answer #5 · answered by ♪ ♫Jin_Jur♫ ♥ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Aye, To those that love us, love us
To those that hate us, may god turn their hearts
if he can't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles
So we may know them by their limp
2007-03-15 14:47:08 · answer #6 · answered by Lucas A 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
To St. Patrick, if wasn't for him we wouldn't be drinking green beer!
2007-03-15 15:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by flowerchild 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
God bless our enemies - may they rot in hell forever!
2007-03-15 14:45:28 · answer #8 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
to happiness!
2007-03-15 15:30:12 · answer #9 · answered by seema k 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋