Your weekly dose of Irish ☘️🎃
Oct 22, 2021 5:51 pm
Hi there,
Here's your weekly dose of Irish for Friday, October 22nd 2021...
- Here's to you and here's to me, I pray that friends we'll always be, but if by chance we disagree, the heck with you and here's to me." –Irish Toast.
- A big thank you to all the emails from people over the past few weeks. It is lovely to get an appreciation for my weekly dose.
- This week it has been great to see some older posts being shared on social media again. If you haven't seen them, they are well worth checking out.
- The top two were
- Teenage Irish Girl Sings While Driving Tractor And Becomes Internet Sensation
- Dublin man sings Rattlin' Bog with locals at the top of Kilimanjaro
- This week I created a blog post about how the Irish invented Halloween, Trick or Treating and carving pumpkins. I know it sounds crazy, but I break down all the history in the blog post here.
This week's posts:
☘️ How The Irish Invented Halloween, Trick Or Treating And Pumpkin Carving
Ah, Halloween, the holiday that Irish people invented.
Well, loosely speaking, but Halloween has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain(more on that later).
During Samhain, people would dress …
The post How The Irish Invented Halloween, Trick Or Treating And Pumpkin Carving appeared first on Irish Around The World.
☘️ Watch Riverdance Michael Flatley's "Final Performance"
Well, last week I was pleased to see such a positive reaction to Michael Flatley's greatest moments that I had to share another video with you.
This is the last …
The post Watch Riverdance Michael Flatley's "Final Performance" appeared first on Irish Around The World.
☘️ 20 Things You Didn't Know About Leprechauns
When does a Leprechaun cross the street?
When it turns green!
haha Still here?
Great Ah, Leprechauns!
Arguably one of Ireland's most famous folklores....
There is no shortage of Irish jokes on my site.
But this week I found a lovely clip from Mike Dunafon.
He is a great storyteller and I love the …
The post An Irish Drinking Joke… appeared first on Irish Around The World.
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So what is this week's top Irish poem?
Irish Poem – Pangur Ban By, Anonymous
This week I thought it would be good to share a completely anonymous poem that made its way into the top 100 Irish poems of all time. Sometimes in life, it is good to contribute without taking the credit.
So what is this Irish poem all about? "Pangur Bán" is an old Irish poem, written about the 9th century at or near Reichenau Abbey by an Irish monk about his cat Pangur Bán.
The poem was originally written in Irish but later translated by Seamus Heaney.
So yes, this is a poem about a cat chasing a mouse. I am sure it has a deeper meaning. However, it could simply just be that. Either way, enjoy this top Irish poem.
Pangur Bán
By Anonymous
TRANSLATED BY SEAMUS HEANEY
From the ninth-century Irish poem
Pangur Bán and I at work,
Adepts, equals, cat and clerk:
His whole instinct is to hunt,
Mine to free the meaning pent.
More than loud acclaim, I love
Books, silence, thought, my alcove.
Happy for me, Pangur Bán
Child-plays round some mouse's den.
Truth to tell, just being here,
Housed alone, housed together,
Adds up to its own reward:
Concentration, stealthy art.
Next thing an unwary mouse
Bares his flank: Pangur pounces.
Next thing lines that held and held
Meaning back begin to yield.
All the while, his round bright eye
Fixes on the wall, while I
Focus my less piercing gaze
On the challenge of the page.
With his unsheathed, perfect nails
Pangur springs, exults and kills.
When the longed-for, difficult
Answers come, I too exult.
So it goes. To each his own.
No vying. No vexation.
Taking pleasure, taking pains,
Kindred spirits, veterans.
Day and night, soft purr, soft pad,
Pangur Bán has learned his trade.
Day and night, my own hard work
Solves the cruxes, makes a mark.
This week's Irish joke:
SLEEPING WITH MICK:
The Irish guys were on a bike tour. No one wanted to room with Mick, because he snored so badly. They decided it wasn't fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns.
The first guy slept with Mick and comes to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes all bloodshot.
They said, "Man, what happened to you? He said, "Mick snored so loudly, I just sat up and watched him all night."
The next night it was a different guy's turn. In the morning, same thing, hair all standing up, eyes all bloodshot.
They said, "Man, what happened to you? You look awful! He said, 'Man, that Mick shakes the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night."
The third night was Bill's turn. He was a tanned, older biker, a man's man... The next morning he came to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
"Good morning!" he said. They couldn't believe it.
They said, "Man, what happened?" He said, "Well, we got ready for bed. I went and tucked Mick into bed, patted him on the arse, and kissed him good night on the lips. Mick sat up and watched me all night."
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