You know you're really Irish when...

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

You find yourself referring to a short, strange man as 'The Micky man'....

Lol

My dad was forever telling us to pass him one 'yoke' or another

You weren't naughty, you were 'bold'.

Or 'brazen'

In your handbag there's a small bottle of brandy and another of holy water. Just in case. The weapons of choice for all mammies.

DH's Granny Donegal says a true Irishman is never happy unless he's wearing a jumper!

When you can't find that yoke
When mash, cabbage, and bacon with gravy on top is an excellent meal
When you're acting like a huzzy, even at the age of 5
When you are bought clothes 8 sizes too big 'to get the wear out of them'
There is always a slightly smelly, dirty man who wanders round the village creeping out schoolkids at the bus stop. You must be polite to him, as he is 'away in the head'.

You'll sincerely comment on "how well" a corpse looks!

Despite both you and both parents being London born, your parents shout at you in a west cork accent so that is how you shout. Telling cats to 'get away yourself now so' tends to confuse.

your wedding was small at 150 people as only 70 or so could make it over from Ireland for it.

Whisky and red remains my favorite drink but you can only get it in Irish old mans clubs

I still call cheese and onion crisps plain.

Any misdemeanor results in cries of "you brazen rossie!!!!"

at the snall wedding.

DH and I decided on a tiny registry office wedding after trying to plan a big wedding and my Irish side coming to about 200 guests, including random priests and people from the Irish county associations of both my parents that'had' to be there or I would 'make a holy show' of my family.

People ask you if it was a 'good' funeral?

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www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/signs-you-were-raised-by-irish-parents

I said 'yep' to nearly this entire list!

Married to an irishman. So....

Saying 'please god' if you really want something to happen.

Lighting a candle for things, from a job interview to a broken arm.

Taytos

Pictures of the pope.

My mother in law watching tv and saying 'ah jaysis' if something is funny/crude/violent

U understand the insult levelled at somebody that "still has his communion money".

Having a hangover so bad that 'your hair hurts'

Or being 'in the horrors'

Calling bacon 'rashers'

Bread and butther with everything

Definitely the being bold for naughty

Making friends in the pub.

Hunger is the best sauce! An excellent philosophy. We've lost sight of that.

I never say "ah jayzuss". My mum would kill me for blaspheming. Even when she is not around i wouldnt.

Someone offers you an ice cream and you ask, is it HB?

When you put your clothes in the hot press to air.

Haha i forgot about rashers

Ah stop.

Definitely the flat fizzy medicinal drink! My granny swore by a flat tin of lemonade for everything- stomach ache, ear infection, unplanned pregnancy....

And I still cherish my hot press :D

The mickey man????