Irish sayings, proverbs and prayers for St. Patrick's Day

Some of the most-famous words to ever come out of Ireland

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May your right hand always
Be stretched out in friendship
And never in want.

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May there be a fox on your fishing hook
And a hare on your bait
And may you kill no fish
Until St. Brigid's Day.

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May you live all the days of your life.
- Jonathan Swift

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May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use.

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May there be a generation of children
On the children of your children.

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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.

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Here's that we may always have
A clean shirt
A clean conscience
And a punt in our pocket.

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May you live to be a hundred years,
With one extra year to repent!

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May I see you grey
And combing your grandchildren's hair.

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May the Lord keep you in His hand
And never close His fist too tight.

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May your neighbors respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you.

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Mothers [fathers] hold their children?s hands for just a little while...
And their hearts forever.

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May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.

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"It is better to spend money like there's no tomorrow
than to spend tonight like there's no money."
-P.J. O'Rourke

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Here's to a long life and a merry one.
A quick death and an easy one.
A pretty girl and an honest one.
A cold beer-and another one!

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May the grass grow long on the road to Hell for want of use.

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Here's health to your enemies' enemies!

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May you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the foresight to know where you're going
and the insight to know when you're going too far.

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Health and a long life to you.
Land without rent to you.
A child every year to you.
And if you can't go to heaven,
May you at least die in Ireland.

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Bless you and yours
As well as the cottage you live in.
May the roof overhead be well thatched
And those inside be well matched.

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May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

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May you always come more than you go.

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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.

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May you have warm words on a cold evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door.

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May you be poor in misfortune,
rich in blessings,
slow to make enemies,
quick to make friends.
But rich or poor, quick or slow,
may you know nothing but happiness
from this day forward.

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