Talk Like the Irish!

March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, and that means you have full permission to wear as much green and talk with an Irish accent as much as you want. Here are some sayings you can incorporate into the spirit of the day!

“If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, then you’re lucky enough!”

“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

“Who gossips with you will gossip of you.”

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.”

“Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.”

“Everyone is nice till the cow gets into the garden.”

“Here’s to our wives and girlfriends. May they never meet.”

“Don’t give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.”

“God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world.”

“Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same.”

“It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.”

“May you die in bed at 95, shot by a jealous wife.”

“Here’s to eyes in your heads and none in your spuds.”

“Dance as if no one’s watching, sing as if no one’s listening, and live everyday as if it were your last.”

“What butter and whiskey won’t cure, there is no cure for.”

“May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light; may good luck pursue you each morning and night.”

“May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat.”

“Red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.”

“The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend.”

“Many hands make light work.”

“Castles were built a stone at a time.”