You know you're really Irish when...

[Gossipyfishwife]

...you tell the barman to put the change in the poor box.

My mother says "put wood in hole" and shes from NW England.

simmer down everyone:)
remember we are here for the craic & not to start slagging

Comes back on the thread.............. I AM NOT A RACIST THANKYOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

The wren boys on Stephens day.
Barm brack with sticks,rags and peas
Flahavans porridge
Cúpla focal
You were brought up on meat,spuds and 2 veg. No foreign muck!!

well, in the guesthouse lady in Lottie's story probably was laughing at her, wondering why she didn't just turn the shower the other way to see if the water got hotter. I've come across zillions of taps in my time where hot and cold are reversed. Surely that doesn't just happen in Ireland?

by which I mean, I wasn't entirely sure if the point of the story was that lottie was laughing at the lady, or that the lady was laughing at her.

Oh, ignore them, Lottie.

Slainte - deffo!

Anyone remember; he needs to give himself a belt of a bar of soap, the bleeding mucklark?

Ya mucksavage - my dc's favourite insult

I really think that lottie meant no harm with her story, but the 'backwards' element to it, coupled with the 'oh to be sure' does rather perpetuate the 'thick paddy' stereotype.

Omg!!!!!! Lottie, raciest???she told an experience that happened to her! How is that racist???seriously, heres a grip, get hold of it!

I love when my mother says "I do be " or " aah don't be talking like that".

I really liked the Irish,, til this thread, oh or am I being racist?

Lottie is not racist, pigeon, you bleeding gickna

Christ, the wren thing! Give uz a penny to bury the wran.

DD thinks it is a very macabre tradition and gives out to me about it so.

Well Lottie my post was responding directly to yours and I had not read the others first but Irish people do not say 'to be sure' it is a term added by others to effect an Irish accent like Nicole Kidman in far and away. I will admit I thought your story was a bit ill judged given the context but personally I was not trying to pull you up on that because I got that there was no offence intended.

I take it if you're not Irish you're not permitted to post on this thread!!! Pigeon, that was damn right rude what you said to Lottie. Seriously!!!

I'll poss the floor out with your head, pigeon

Ah jeekers, this thread is getting banjaxed.

I have heard many Irish people use lots of expressions eg. Thanks a million, that was gas Craic, he was blagarding etx.

I have NEVER heard an Irish person saying 'oh to be sure'.....(or top of the mornin to ya for that matter)

Being forced to kiss the crucifix on Good Friday.
Smearing ash from the fire across your forehead on Ash Wednesday.
Rashers and white pudding for breakfast as a treat.
Never visiting anyone without bringing piles of homemade pies and a ham.
The best, loudest, most drunken parties were always after a funeral!
"He has a face only a mother could love" was a popular insult (not sure if that's exclusive to the Irish though?)

I was born and raised in London but spent many long happy summers in Dublin as a child (where Nana would warn us not to play with the "corporation kids" .) I still go there at least once a year, I love the place.

I know an Irish catholic priest who ALWAYS says 'top of the morning to ya'

being forced to kiss the crucifix on good friday

Ha, I remember being in Ireland for all of Holy Week when I was about 14. We had to go to mass every day and do the whole kiss the crucifix thing. I had never done it in England and I was really worried as I couldn't figure out if people were really kissing it or just pretending as it seemed well weird!