My Irish father raised me and he has taught me everything I know. He came to America in the late 90's, and chose to raise me here in New York. Quite honestly, the Irish really know how to teach their daughters to be well-rounded women. He has taught me how to ride a bike, use a power saw, and most importantly, how to become a true Irish woman.
1. You can turn an Irish accent on or off, depending on the situation. When I’m talking to my grandparents in Cork, my accent is thick, but I can turn it off the minute I’m doing a presentation in class.
2. You used to be the altar girl at Church every Sunday. Your mother even took your picture (with flash) during your first three processions.
3. You eat potatoes in every form and at every single meal. Homefries for breakfast, potatoes slices with your ham sandwich for lunch, and a baked potato for dinner (am I sick of potatoes? NO!)
4. You could slather SPF 50000 on me and I would still burn, and it will peel, and under that burn will be a new, beautiful layer of disgustingly pale skin.
5. Your guilty pleasure is either Dairy Milk,
Cadbury eggs or, my favorite, Twirl bars.
6. The “May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind
be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall
soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of
His hand”
7. When you hear these things, you run to high heavens:
a. “Jesus, Mary and Joseph”
b. “Jeanie Mac”
c. “Get the feck down here”–this one means you are so incredibly in trouble
d. Enya--someone is crying or someone died.
8. There is holy water EVERYWHERE in your house--my sister drank it one time.
9. You’ve gotten a true, gold Claddagh ring and your grammy goes nuts if you wear it the wrong way
10. You grew up with Postman Pat, Noddy, and Fireman Sam.
11. If you are hungry, tired, upset, sad, happy, excited, full, overwhelmed... tea. There are probably 30 boxes of Barry's in my pantry at home.
12. Growing up Irish was hands down the best thing to ever happen to you, and you wouldn't change it for the world, and those that say that they don't want to be Irish are fecking kidding themselves.
