"GET YOUR IRISH ON!" (TUESDAY)

 

"Get Your Irish On!

      "Get Your Irish On" I wondered about that phrase and went internet searching.  I found everything from Gaelic printed t-shirts to purchase, to Guiness drinking at O'Malley's, to Patrick's Day inspired baby names.  What a variety!

     If you're of school age, you'd best "Get Your Irish On" wearing something green and visible, long before stepping in and off the bus.  Ever lie and say, "My underwear's green" just so that devilish mate wouldn't pinch you?  Of course you did!  Sport a shamrock, or wear garments of green; that should bring you luck.

     Once, when I was barely a teen, my young uncle who was a teen found a four-leaf clover.  The family was just standing around talking, saying our good byes after a day of play, when he looked down, bent down, stood back up, and proudly presented it between two fingers.  He was just that quick without any studied searching, "Check it out, it's a four-leaf clover."  Dad assured him he'd have the luck of the Irish.

    He is quite successful.  He's a home owner, a family man, and well-to-do with a good sense of humor.  Another time we were all together at my maternal grandmother's in Kentucky.   Her little beagle was just a bouncy, happy tail-wagging, and slurping bundle of brown and white fur.  The Beagle was giving uncle's younger brother all kinds of giggling attention, "Hey, look at this.  He likes me."  My uncle laughed, "That's because you're a messy eater."

     Coming home from Ireland after a two week visit, I didn't think to even look for a shamrock, but I did bring home a pair of black owls made from peat and a clutch of smooth green rocks from the Ring of Kerry.

     With 32 million American's claiming Irish ancestry, according to 2019 census, tomorrow 10% of the population will be getting their "Irish On".  

"Wherever you go, 

whatever you do, 

may the luck of the Irish

be there with you!