Everyone's a little bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day but you know for sure you’re Irish if...

WHY DO AMERICANS SAY 'ST PATTY'S DAY'?! Do you realise how annoying that is in Ireland?

How about if both of your parents are alcoholic?

You know you are Irish if ---your last name is Ching or Kaspeczieskaya.

Parents born in Ireland but became throughly American. Yes we had boiled dinners but also great lasagna because Mrs. Russo (Calabria) taught my mother how to cook...thank God. Never, ever heard the word "craic" used by anyone in the extended family. My father occasionally took us to Dilboy Field for Gaelic games but never pushed them on us. First thing my parents learned in America was birth control...two siblings and we are two and a half years apart. Ah, what a grand place, America.

Got 9 out of 10, and I'm from London. I am 1/8 Irish, but that's an important part.

You know your irish if you can relate to this "Irish Times" article: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/motors/2011/0928/1224304842762.html It's a hoot!

The wooden spoon is a strong memory as is the nuns using a wooden ruler!

I'm guilty on just about every one.... AND DAMM PROUD OF IT!! Seariously, think about it.... If you were not Irish, what would you be? Ans.... SOMETHING ELSE!

You know you're Oirish, if ye dress up with a red beard and tall green hat with a black buckle on the patron saint's day and say begorrah a lot. Also if ya pass out face down on the sidewalk after a day's frenetic marching and liquid refreshments, then you are definitely a chip of the ole sod.

Most of these (accept for maybe the tae and the boiled food) fit for anyone from Chicago as well! Probably the big Irish influence over the city!

If the shoe fits! Am an American but starting with the first sentence, you nailed more than half with me. Some behavior IS genetic, definitely...

When my young niece started wearing teeth braces for the first time, her friends said she had a face that looked like the front of a JCB.

... and your best friends insult you the most!

Drinking anything - Guinness, Jamesons, Wodka - is most Irish people's pastime. Sunday and Saturday nights in the pubs are always great craic with our families and friends.

@ falconflash - Jaysus, will ye cop on! Taking the Lord’s name in vain IS a sin (As in shouting “I am Jesus!” or “I am God!” – even Spanish men carry the name Jesus as part of their family name and it's not a sin) but us Irish using His name (Jesus) in our own accent (Jaysus) in astonishment is not. We in fact use it colloquially as a shortened prayer... when we say “Jaysus!” we mean “Jesus save and protect us!” or “By Jesus tell me that’s not true!” or “For Jesus’ sake, stop that!” In one word, by one Name, all prayers... yep, we Irish are very prayerful, every minute of every day! Yrs Sincerely, jacers.