Irish Toasts
"May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use."
"May there be a generation of children
Of the children of your children."
"May you be in heaven...
A half hour before the devil knows you're dead."
"May you have the health of a salmon,
A strong heart, and a wet mouth."
"May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And may God hold you in the palm of his hand,
Until we meet again."
"May the face of every good news
And the back of every bad news be toward us."
"May the roof above us never fall in,
And may we friends gathered below never fall out."
"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 the frost never afflict your spuds.
May the outside leaves of your cabbage always be free from worms.
May the crows never pick your haystack,
And may your donkey always be in foal."
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