tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post5847039573548308274..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Me? Why, Yes, I Do Have Irish Blood in My VeinsNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-91563820637919263252017-12-03T14:24:18.141-05:002017-12-03T14:24:18.141-05:00Hi, Van. I suppose some groups of people would no...Hi, Van. I suppose some groups of people would not use such common idioms so perhaps it is country talk. And from the comments on this post, I suppose these are known across many nationalities and groups of people.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-92029469902805151132017-12-03T12:27:30.639-05:002017-12-03T12:27:30.639-05:00My mom used all of those expressions, except for t...My mom used all of those expressions, except for the one about shank's ponies. I had to look at the definition for that one. I'm from southern Louisiana and those are not Cajun expressions. My mom had a grandmother was was from England and a great grandmother who was from Ireland. I always thought it was just country talk! As she always said, she had Hathaway horse sense!Van Landryhttp://history.jciv.com/2016/03/mcgrath-and-mooney-my-irish-roots/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-82818395046724480322012-03-25T21:55:35.909-04:002012-03-25T21:55:35.909-04:00Kathy, the graphic came from Dover. They publish ...Kathy, the graphic came from Dover. They publish old, out-of-copyright book and images.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-48023672767335214872012-03-25T21:54:10.611-04:002012-03-25T21:54:10.611-04:00Renée, what a fun memory to have of your mom cooki...Renée, what a fun memory to have of your mom cooking Irish. And what a sad memory of burying her on St. Patrick's Day. I'm sorry for your loss.<br /><br />Like your mother, my father refused Irish ancestry. He suggested we at least wear orange if we were going to celebrate the holiday. We didn't eat anything Irish on St. Patrick's Day.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-51356515777771548202012-03-23T19:04:58.741-04:002012-03-23T19:04:58.741-04:00I'm catching up on my blog reading. I love th...I'm catching up on my blog reading. I love this post. I've heard almost all of these expressions, too. Where did you get that wonderful graphic?Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-39130087283112948812012-03-17T17:04:57.110-04:002012-03-17T17:04:57.110-04:00Love this post, Nancy. Every St. Patrick's Da...Love this post, Nancy. Every St. Patrick's Day I wake up thinking of my mother. She would always say "We aren't Catholic or Irish so why would I celebrate St Pat's Day?" Then off to the kitchen to make corn beef and cabbage for Dad's dinner. Something I would never eat when I was a teenager. Today, I'm enjoying the aroma of corn beef slowly cooking in the crock pot. <br />It was six years ago today that we buried my mom.Renée TOMLINSON PETERSENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116698211571259134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-27570023393772590952012-03-17T01:00:29.628-04:002012-03-17T01:00:29.628-04:00These are fun, Nancy. I grew up in Ohio hearing mo...These are fun, Nancy. I grew up in Ohio hearing most of them too, and I'm not a bit Irish. But of course the communities probably absorbed and spread the sayings. Love your examples!Shelley Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488453243236670013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-39183518358889045622012-03-16T11:55:42.535-04:002012-03-16T11:55:42.535-04:00Kristin-- Maybe Taylor included them in the glossa...Kristin-- Maybe Taylor included them in the glossary because he thought there may be readers who wouldn't recognize/understand them (rather than because they were specifically Irish). I didn't spend too much time researching the origins of the idioms....Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-80258807050733081062012-03-16T11:51:39.833-04:002012-03-16T11:51:39.833-04:00Claudia, I remember the dogs and fleas idiom, too,...Claudia, I remember the dogs and fleas idiom, too, but in our family it had a slightly different interpretation. To us it meant that you would pick up bad habits.<br /><br />The books are a series, <i>An Irish Country Doctor</i>, <i>An Irish Country Village</i>, <i>An Irish Country Lass</i>, etc. Taylor is a good storyteller but some of the language was offensive (at least to me).Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-53002328597671824032012-03-16T09:34:28.791-04:002012-03-16T09:34:28.791-04:00I heard all of those in my house too, except for s...I heard all of those in my house too, except for shanks knees. I grew up in Detroit. My grandparents came up from various places in the south and I never heard of any Irish ancestry. Although it could have come in during slavery. Wonder how he decided they were Irish?Kristinhttp://www.findingeliza.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-64724639140591105532012-03-16T08:38:33.061-04:002012-03-16T08:38:33.061-04:00When my Irish grandmother said if you "Lay do...When my Irish grandmother said if you "Lay down with the dogs, you'll get up with the fleas," she meant you would have a long row to hoe.<br /><br />I was laughing because I had heard all of the idioms except shanks knees.<br /><br />What is the name of the book?Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.com