Who has more a way with words than the Irish? From Joyce, to Yeats to Shaw and down through the generations, they have pondered life's great questions, but also expressed their love beautifully.
Here are some short love lines from the heart of the Irish:
1. Pulse of my heart, song of my soul, light of my night.
2. May you have warm hands on a cold evening.
3. It is easy to half the potato when there is love.
4. Love him when he least deserves it, that's when he most needs it.
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5. Love makes time pass, beware time making love pass.
6. Always trust, when mistrust comes love goes out.
7. I believe there is a sun when it is not shining, I believe there is a God when I cannot see him, I believe there is love when I feel it not.
8. Beware an Irishman who loves his wife the most but his mother the longest.
9. Trouble in love hates nothing more than a smile.
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10. Love is like a lifeboat on the stormy sea of life.
Originally published in 2011.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.EamonnDublin | Feb 12, 2013, 04:54 AM EST
I totally agree with "Bocktherobber" and "Dicanio71". That's the reason I stuck in my own three sayings, tongue in cheek and just as much total rubbish as the supposed "Irish" sayings. Where on earth does Irish Central get this garbage from? Certainly not from Ireland! Éamonn, Dublin. (Begorah and Bejabers!)
dicanio71 | Feb 11, 2013, 11:47 PM EST
half the potato really? I grew up in Dublin and never heard any of these sayings in all me life.. I know its almost st practice season but this is what ye have come up with..surely to god ye can get away from all this satge oirish, pigs in the parlour, top of the morning shamrock schtick..it's down right embarrassing and insulting to irish people to suggest that this sorta Disney land schtick ever came outta anyone claiming to be irish..please stick to the news, editorials , sport and social commentary and don't insult of intelligence with this half potato , begorrah be gosh drivvle.. go raibh mhaith agat.. johnny v..
Bocktherobber | Feb 11, 2013, 08:45 PM EST
Irish sayings? I'm afraid not, unless someone moved Nashville.
Searlit | Feb 11, 2013, 12:12 PM EST
I like #7 & 10 the most. Thanks @Seanmor for posting some other words of endearment in Irish.
EamonnDublin | Feb 11, 2013, 10:59 AM EST
"I couldn't take my eyes off you - and then I hit the rocks". "My knees are trembling as I gaze at you - I think I have the flu". "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen - what's this your name is again?" (Just a few I thought up on the spur of the moment) Éamonn, Dublin.
StRoibard | Feb 11, 2013, 10:45 AM EST
I've always found it poignant that a people so crushed and ravished could maintain our spirit of hope, love, confidence, humor. The Irish spirit is the most beautiful in the world. Surely, when God banished man from the Garden, He moved the Garden beyond the shores and planted it in the sea for the richest spirits to inhabit ... and the world has tormented her our of jealousy ever since.
Seanmor | Feb 11, 2013, 10:05 AM EST
In the Irish languagee (which many politicial leaders, hight ranking clergy and the mainstream media has for long totally rejected)there are many terms of endearment. One is these is listed as #1 in the above list "cuisle mo chroí" (pulse of my heart). Other such terms are "mo sheoid" (my jewel), "a ghra gheal" (my bright love), "mo mhuirín" (my darling).
ellenfromcork | Feb 11, 2013, 09:58 AM EST
Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
Bocktherobber | Feb 11, 2013, 09:30 AM EST
Half the potato? Steady, folks -- It's only February. Saint Paddywhackery Day is still more than a month away.