Irish Toasts
Sláinte (to your health)
Be prepared to toast on St. Patrick's Day.
If you are wondering what to say March 17th when raising your glass, here are some phrases to remember:
May God bring good health to your enemies enemies.
May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.
May you be in heaven one half hour before the devil knows your dead.
As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way.
There are many good reasons for drinking.
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living
How can he drink when he's dead?
May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.
May you get all your wishes but one.
So you always have something to strive for.
Here's to you
Here's to me
The best of friends we'll always be
But if we ever disagree,
forget you, here's to ME!
Here's to you as good as you are
Here's to me as bad as I am
As good as you are
And as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are
As bad as I am
May the sons of your daughters smile up in your face.
Health and long life to you
Land without rent to you
The partner of your heart to you
and when you die, may your bones rest in Ireland!
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrock's that grow
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
May your neighbors respect you
Troubles neglect you
The angels protect you
And Heaven accept you.
An old Irish recipe for longevity:
Leave the table hungry
Leave the bed sleepy
Leave the bar thirsty.
I've drunk to your health in the pubs
I've drunk to your health in my home
I've drunk to your health so many times
That I've almost ruined my own.
May you never forget what is worth remembering
Or remember what is best forgotten.
May you have the hindsight to know where you've been,
The insight to know where you are,
and the foresight to know when you've gone to far.
May you have warm words on a cold evening
A full moon on a dark night
And the road downhill all the way to your door.
May you never make an enemy
When you could make a friend
Unless you meet a fox among your chickens.
Be prepared to toast on St. Patrick's Day.
If you are wondering what to say March 17th when raising your glass, here are some phrases to remember:
May God bring good health to your enemies enemies.
May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.
May you be in heaven one half hour before the devil knows your dead.
As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way.
There are many good reasons for drinking.
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living
How can he drink when he's dead?
May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.
May you get all your wishes but one.
So you always have something to strive for.
Here's to you
Here's to me
The best of friends we'll always be
But if we ever disagree,
forget you, here's to ME!
Here's to you as good as you are
Here's to me as bad as I am
As good as you are
And as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are
As bad as I am
May the sons of your daughters smile up in your face.
Health and long life to you
Land without rent to you
The partner of your heart to you
and when you die, may your bones rest in Ireland!
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrock's that grow
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
May your neighbors respect you
Troubles neglect you
The angels protect you
And Heaven accept you.
An old Irish recipe for longevity:
Leave the table hungry
Leave the bed sleepy
Leave the bar thirsty.
I've drunk to your health in the pubs
I've drunk to your health in my home
I've drunk to your health so many times
That I've almost ruined my own.
May you never forget what is worth remembering
Or remember what is best forgotten.
May you have the hindsight to know where you've been,
The insight to know where you are,
and the foresight to know when you've gone to far.
May you have warm words on a cold evening
A full moon on a dark night
And the road downhill all the way to your door.
May you never make an enemy
When you could make a friend
Unless you meet a fox among your chickens.
