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Our favorite links and Irish lore
- Celtic Atlanta Group http://atlanta.celtic-twilight.com/pubs/mvorneens
- Celtic Radio http://www.celticradio.net
- Top of the Morning Irish Gift Store http://emeraldsisters.com
- Irish Jokes and Humor http://www.irishjokes.co.uk
- Cartersville Events Calendar http://cartersville.georgia.gov
- Bartow Life Business, Events, Job Listings http://www.bartowlife.com
- Booth Museum http://www.boothmuseum.org
- North Georgia Happenings http://notatlanta.org
- Old Goat Winery Home Brew Making Kits http://www.oldgoatwinery.com
A bit of Irish lore
M'vorneen's, named for the Celtic work Mavoureen (meaning "My Dear"), welcomes you all into her loving arms. Please share her food, her drink, her stories, and the music of some of our favorite local artists.
The Irish brought the Jack-O'-Lantern to America
The history of Halloween goes back more than 2,000 years. The earliest celebrations of Halloween were among the Celtic people who lived in the areas which are now Great Britain and Northern France. The Irish brought the Jack-O'-Lantern to America. Jack was a legendary, stingy drunkard. He tricked the Devil into climbing an apple tree for a juicy apple and then quickly cut the sign of the cross into the tree trunk, preventing the Devil from coming down. Jack made the Devil swear that he wouldn't come after his soul in any way. The Devil promised. However, this did not prevent Jack from dying. When he arrived at the gates of heaven, he was turned away because he was a stingy, mean drunk. Desperate for a resting place, he went to the Devil. The Devil, true to his word, turned him away. "But where can I go?" pleaded Jack. "Back where you come from," spoke the Devil. The night was dark and the way was long, and the Devil tossed him a lighted coal from the fire of Hell. Jack, who was eating a turnip at the time, placed the coal inside and used it to light his way. Since that day, he has traveled the world over with his Jack-O'-Lantern in search of a place to rest. Irish children carved out turnips and potatoes to light the night on Halloween. When the Irish came to America in great numbers in the 1840s, they found that a pumpkin made an even better lantern, and so this "American" tradition came to be. SOURCE: http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/halloween.html
But the greatest love -- the love above all loves,
Even greater than that of a mother...
Is the tender, passionate, undying love,
Of one beer drunken slob for another.
Irish ballad
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
Irish blessing
Holy Mother take the harm of the years away from you.
Irish blessing
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.
Irish blessing
May God grant you many years to live,
For sure He must be knowing
The earth has angels all too few
And heaven is overflowing.
Irish blessing
May the roof above us never fall in.
And may the friends gathered below it never fall out.
Irish blessing
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
Irish blessing
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.
Irish blessing
May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.
Irish blessing
May you live to be a hundred years,
With one extra year to repent!
Irish blessing
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
Irish blessing
Walls for the wind,
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire --
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you,
And all that your heart may desire!
Irish blessing
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.
Irish blessing
May those who love us love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.
Irish curse
May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can't find you with a telescope.
Irish curse
The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
Irish proverb
Two shorten the road.
Irish proverb
God's help is nearer than the door.
Irish proverb
Praise the child and you praise the mother.
Irish proverb
A boy's best friend is his mother and there's no spancel stronger than her apron string.
Irish proverb
Mothers hold their children's hands for just a little while...
And their hearts forever.
Irish proverb
It is the good horse that draws its own cart.
Irish proverb
It's easy to halve the potato where there's love.
Irish proverb
A Christmas wish -- may you never forget what is worth remembering, or remember what is best forgotten.
Irish proverb
Your feet will bring you where your heart is.
Irish proverb
Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But never forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.
Irish proverb
Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man -- and after that, praying.
Irish proverb
Now sweetly lies old Ireland
Emerald green beyond the foam,
Awakening sweet memories,
Calling the heart back home.
Irish proverb
'Tis better to buy a small bouquet
And give to your friend this very day,
Than a bushel of roses white and red
To lay on his coffin after he's dead.
Irish proverb
Humor to a man is like a feather pillow.
It is filled with what is easy to get
but gives great comfort.
Irish proverb
Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.
Irish proverb
A wild goose never reared a tame gosling.
Irish proverb
If you lie down with dogs you'll rise with fleas.
Irish proverb
To the raven her own chick is white.
Irish proverb
Marry a mountain girl
and you marry the whole mountain.
Irish proverb
As you ramble through life, whatever be your goal;
Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole.
Irish proverb
Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
Irish proverb
God is good, but never dance in a small boat.
Irish proverb
Life is like a cup of tea,
it's all in how you make it
Irish proverb
A drink precedes a story.
Irish proverb
A friend's eye is a good mirror.
Irish proverb
A hen is heavy when carried far.
Irish proverb
A hound's food is in its legs.
Irish proverb
A light heart lives long.
Irish proverb
A little kinship is better than a lot of charity.
Irish proverb
A penny gets another penny.
Irish proverb
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
Irish proverb
A ship often sank beside the harbor.
Irish proverb
A silent mouth is melodious.
Irish proverb
A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
Irish proverb
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
Irish proverb
A watched kettle never boils.
Irish proverb
A windy day is not a day for thatching.
Irish proverb
A word is more enduring than worldly wealth.
Irish proverb
Age is honorable and youth is noble.
Irish proverb
An empty sack does not stand.
Irish proverb
An Irishman is never at peace except when he's fighting.
Irish proverb
An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.
Irish proverb
An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
Irish proverb
As the big hound is, so will the pup be.
Irish proverb
As the old cock crows so the young cock learns.
Irish proverb
Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye.
Irish proverb
Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
Irish proverb
Better be quarreling than lonesome.
Irish proverb
Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die.
Irish proverb
Broken Irish is better than clever English.
Irish proverb
Distant hills look green.
Irish proverb
Do not mistake a goat's beard for a fine stallion's tail.
Irish proverb
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord, and it makes you miss him.
Irish proverb
Even a small thorn causes festering.
Irish proverb
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
Irish proverb
Every terrier is bold in the doorway of its own house.
Irish proverb
Every tide has an ebb save the tide of graces.
Irish proverb
Everyone is wise till he speaks.
Irish proverb
Face the sun, but turn your back to the storm.
Irish proverb
Firelight will not let you to read fine stories but it will warm you and you won't see the dust on the floor.
Irish proverb
Food is a good workhorse.
Irish proverb
God made time, but man made haste.
Irish proverb
Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
Irish proverb
Have a mouth of ivy and a heart of holly.
Irish proverb
He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.
Irish proverb
He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
Irish proverb
He'd offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.
Irish proverb
Hoping to recoup ruins the gambler.
Irish proverb
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
Irish proverb
If you want to be criticized, marry.
Irish proverb
Instinct is stronger than upbringing.
Irish proverb
It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.
Irish proverb
It is a long road that has no turning.
Irish proverb
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead the rest of your life.
Irish proverb
It is better to exist unknown to the law.
Irish proverb
It is not a secret if it is known to three people.
Irish proverb
It is often that a person's mouth broke his nose.
Irish proverb
It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.
Irish proverb
It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.
Irish proverb
It's for her own good that the cat purrs.
Irish proverb
It's no use boiling your cabbage twice.
Irish proverb
Its no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
Irish proverb
It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.
Irish proverb
It's the deaf people that create the lies.
Irish proverb
Lack of resource has hanged many a person.
Irish proverb
Let your bargain suit your purpose.
Irish proverb
Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.
Irish proverb
Love all men -- except lawyers.
Irish proverb
Make the fence or you will pay the plundering.
Irish proverb
May you have a bright future -- as the chimney sweep said to his son.
Irish proverb
Mere words do not feed the friars.
Irish proverb
Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
Irish proverb
Need teaches a plan.
Irish proverb
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.
Irish proverb
Patience is a poultice for all wounds.
Irish proverb
People live in each other's shelter.
Irish proverb
Praise the ripe field, not the green corn.
Irish proverb
Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
Irish proverb
Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.
Irish proverb
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuffbox.
Irish proverb
Soft words butter no parsnips but they won't harden the heart of a cabbage either.
Irish proverb
The beginning and end of one's life is to draw closer to the fire.
Irish proverb
The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.
Irish proverb
The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.
Irish proverb
The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest.
Irish proverb
The hole is more honorable than the patch.
Irish proverb
The light heart lives long.
Irish proverb
The longest road out is the shortest road home.
Irish proverb
The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.
Irish proverb
The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely.
Irish proverb
The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
Irish proverb
The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.
Irish proverb
The raggy colt often made a powerful horse.
Irish proverb
The smallest thing outlives the human being.
Irish proverb
The thief is no threat to the beggar.
Irish proverb
The three sharpest things in the world: a thorn in the mud, a hemp rope, a fool's word.
Irish proverb
The tiredness leaves but the profit remains.
Irish proverb
The treachery returns to the betrayer.
Irish proverb
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
Irish proverb
The well fed does not understand the lean.
Irish proverb
The work praises the man.
Irish proverb
The world would not make a race horse of a donkey.
Irish proverb
There are two tellings to every story.
Irish proverb
There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave.
Irish proverb
There is no fireside like your own fireside.
Irish proverb
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Irish proverb
There is no need like the lack of a friend.
Irish proverb
There is no wise man without fault.
Irish proverb
There is often the look of an angel on the devil himself.
Irish proverb
There tends to be a black sheep in even the whitest flock.
Irish proverb
There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
Irish proverb
There's no worth to a story without an author.
Irish proverb
Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.
Irish proverb
Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst.
Irish proverb
Time is a good storyteller.
Irish proverb
Twenty years a child;
twenty years running wild;
twenty years a mature man,
and after that, praying.
Irish proverb
Two people see a thing that an individual does not see.
Irish proverb
Two thirds of the work is the semblance.
Irish proverb
Walk straight, my son -- as the old crab said to the young crab.
Irish proverb
What butter and whiskey will not cure there's no cure for.
Irish proverb
What fills the eye fills the heart.
Irish proverb
When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
Irish proverb
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
Irish proverb
When the apple is ripe it will fall.
Irish proverb
When the cat is outside, the mouse does be dancing.
Irish proverb
When the drop is inside, the sense is outside.
Irish proverb
When the liquor was gone the fun was gone.
Irish proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Irish proverb
You must live with a person to know a person. If you want to know me come and live with me.
Irish proverb
You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Irish proverb
You'll not find a thrush in a hawk's nest.
Irish proverb
Your son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever.
Irish proverb
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