{"id":1673,"date":"2011-03-17T18:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathyschiffer.com\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2016-09-08T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T00:52:15","slug":"an-irish-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2011\/03\/an-irish-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"AN IRISH BLESSING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>\n\n
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May you have good friends aplenty,<\/p>\n

And may they be as faithful and reliable<\/p>\n

As the morning\u2019s sunrise each day.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

May you have warm words on a cold evening,<\/p>\n

A full moon on a dark night<\/p>\n

\u00a0And a road downhill all the way to your door.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

May every hair on your head turn into a candle<\/p>\n

To light your way to heaven;<\/p>\n

And may God and His Holy Mother<\/p>\n

Take the harm of years away from you.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

And may you have no frost on your spuds,<\/p>\n

No worms on your cabbage,<\/p>\n

May your goat have plenty of milk,<\/p>\n

And if you should buy a donkey<\/p>\n

Please, God, may she be pregnant!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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