IRISH BLESSINGS
Cead mile failte"
(A Hundred Thousand Welcomes)
St. Patrick's Day Celebration!
Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter
Lullabies, dreams and love ever after.
Poems and songs with pipes and drums
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes...
That's the Irish for you!
St. Patrick
May St. Patrick guard you wherever
you go and guide you in
whatever you do--and may his loving
protection be a blessing to you always.
A Blessing from Saint Patrick
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand
The Shamrock
There's a dear little plant that grows in our
isle
'Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it
And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile
And a tear from his eyes oft-times wet it
It grows through the bog, through the brake,
through the mireland
And they call it the dear little Shamrock of
Ireland
The Leprechaun
Near a misty stream in Ireland in the hollow
of a tree
Live mystical, magical leprechauns who are clever
as can be
With their pointed ears, and turned up toes
and little coats of green
The leprechauns busily make their shoes
and try hard not to be seen.
Only those who really believe have seen these
little elves
And if we are all believers
We can surely see for ourselves.
The Shamrock
There's a dear little plant that grows in our
isle,
'Twas Saint Patrick himself, sure, that set
it;
And the sun of his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It grows through the bog, through the brake,
through the mireland
And they call it the dear little Shamrock of
Ireland
May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that
grow
And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
May you always walk in sunshine,
May you never want for more,
May Irish angels rest their wings
right beside your door.