Limerick for Limerick by Angela Lansbury
The limerick came from limerick
Easy to write and read, it's quick
Where it started we can't be sure
Let's write, sing and drink some some
You'll laugh, and hic and never be sick
Of the laughs which come from Limerick.
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Travel to Limerick
Limerick is supposedly where the limerick was invented.
Limerick for Limerick by Angela Lansbury
The limerick came from limerick
Easy to write and read, it's quick
Where it started we can't be sure
Let's write, sing and drink some some
You'll laugh, and hic and never be sick
Of the laughs which come from Limerick.
You can learn or refresh Irish Gaelic on Duolingo and other online language courses. The Duolingo starter lesson, which is free, teaches you to say, hear and recognise, and read the words, tea, coffee, sugar, and, please.
Language
Bilingual Irish and English sign in Wikipedia article on language. Photo by Darren J Prior
To get you started, here are some easy words which are the same or almost the same:
banana - banana
bus - bus
cat - cat
camp - camp
fork - fork
lion - lion
mug - mug
fork - forc
lion - lion
mug - mug
Useful websites on Irish Language
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Irish_phrasebook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lingui-Sticks-Language-Learning-Stickers-Educational/
translate google English-Irish Irish-English
Pronunciation in 3 Dialects, from Munster in the South to Ulster in the North
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75ZGEytOJs
www.focloir.ie free dictionary English-Irish and Irish-English with pronunciation you can listen to
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Expect celebrations near and far. In pubs such as Wetherspoons, green hats to be bought or given to patrons.
Customers wear green clothes and items with Irish words and jokes.
Trafalgar Square in the centre of London has music, dancing, and food to buy.
You can buy Irish items from supermarkets and party shops.
Is on the pubs in every scene
The brightest green you've every seen
In drinks, on chairs, balloons and hair
The colours green, orange and white
Are sure to bring all great delight
Drinking by day, singing by night
And smiling all night til daylight
In some cities you see parades
New Yorker smile and wave all day
Singapore - hats given away
At pubs which wanted all to stay
Chicago turns its river green
And green drinks make the weirdest scheme
Different things in different places
Green on spectacles and faces
Ireland has a lucky shamrock day
Montserrat has a holiday
Each country celebrates its way
With bagpipes, harps, or dance all day
I see that opportunity knocks
Although I do not dye my locks
That would give all my friends a shock
I'll wear green ties, or frocks and socks
Afterward I'll store them away
And send emails in which I say
My box of Irish goods will stay
Locked in box rooms til Patrick's Day.
Green four leaf clover sandals. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Travel
For travellers, in addition to celebrations on the day, visits of interest include
1 churches associated with St Patrick, and
2 Guinness tours in Dublin, Eire, and London, England.
You can learn or refresh Irish Gaelic on Duolingo and other online language courses. The Duolingo starter lesson, which is free, teaches you to say, hear and recognise, and read the words, tea, coffee, sugar, and, please.
Language
Bilingual Irish and English sign in Wikipedia article on language. Photo by Darren J Prior
Useful websites on St Patrick's Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Great_Day_for_the_Irish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_cream
https://opengatelondon.guinness.com/en/tours
Irish Language
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Irish_phrasebook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lingui-Sticks-Language-Learning-Stickers-Educational/
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What do daily words really mean?
Wales has one word for blue and green
You could translate both as turquoise
Translators spread visual joys
Eskimos have more words for snow
Renamed Inuit, there you go
Dialects have, as they all know
Ten to a hundred kinds of snow
Slush, powder, falling, icicles
Bikes, motorbikes, trikes, tricycles
Cakes, tarts, desserts, sweets, puddings, pies
Lies, half truths, polite words, white lies
Adjectives in front, French behind
Words help the deaf, songs hide the blind
Hard snow, soft sand, all kinds of touch
I didn't know I knew so much.
Alliteration, assonance, rhyme
Crosswords and Scrabble, great pastimes
Which fill with skill and give us pride
Sweep cobweb stress, words glow inside.
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When you are young you dance and are bold
I heard you lose your hearing when you're old
But that doesn't cause me fear and spoil my joys
It makes appreciate every little noise
I heart the audience happily clap
The ticking clock, the dripping tap
The high voice child, the deep voice man
The train, bus, plane, car, van, coach, tram
The old may be stooped, frail and lame
But brighten when you call their name
Choose to be happy, it's a choice
The greatest joy - hear a friend's voice.
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May you live to be a hundred
May you live to see a hundred
People gather smiling at you
They can't go wrong singing a song
How old are you?
They haven't a clue
You look so young
You're so much fun
Fifty, sixty, seven, eighty
Each decade sound much more weighty
Years pass fast when you're having fun
I want to repeat twenty-one
As the candles burn
it's your turn
to blow them out
and give a shout
Thank you for your presence
Balloons and cards
Finding something nice to tell us
Really isn't very hard
What's the secret of living long?
Is it hiding or striding strong?
Eat good food or like a small drink
Exercise, or soothe what you think?
Think of flowers and butterflies
Cakes, balloons, candles in your eyes
Think of friends, laughter and Champagne
Have a great year, meet here again.
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Up early, creative, life's fun
Some days like the moon, routine groove
Yet love to hate to love we move
Like the sun, one arrives and drives
Makes sure the plants stay alive
The other like the moon reflects
And does what the other directs.
The sun goes down, moon turns around
Neither makes any useful sound
Sun sets, disappears, like a busy wife
Back, large and bright, brings noisy life
Moonlight dark as a tree hollow
The sun goes hiding, dark at night
Yet morning's bright light tomorrow
Sunny photos, noon time shadow
No, no, no, don't say no, nor never
Like the sun and moon we'll stay together
We'll create our own good weather
Living, leaving joy forever.
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