November 25, 2017 By Zeek Thompson Hits: 5353 We have been in Ireland for a little over a month now, and we have been blessed to be staying with a great host family that we have celebrated Kim s and Amalie s birthday, and now the host family has a new baby coming from one of their children. It has been really nice spending time in a family type atmosphere where we live in the same home as the family, share facilities, eat together, celebrate together, etc.
This is so much different than our lives stateside, where when we have any family get-togethers, it is only our six, and up until recently our grandma Jennie as well (she passed away last September). In our adventures here in Ireland we have visited a lot of great historical sites, castles, forts, monasteries, and ancient battle grounds. While I had a drone, we took a lot of aerial photography of these sites and posted them on youtube.
I also found a great book that is a collection of Irish Wit and Wisdom, aptly named Pocket Irish Wit and Wisdom (Beagan agus a ra go maith). There are so many great author s work collected in this little book, and some so profound and some funny that I had to share with our audience. Enjoy our video compilation here; Try again. Fail better No man ever wore a scarf as warm as his daughters arms around his neck Often has the likely failed and the unlikely succeeded Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it s done; they ve seen it done every day, the they are unable to do it themselves Always forgive your enemies.
Nothing annoys them so much Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes Life is one fool thing after another; whereas love is two fool things after each other In this world there are only two tragedies; one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Never call a man a fool until you re sure he is not a rogue Get on your knees and thank God you are still on your feet Only lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt from jury duty No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today Walking through a graveyard The real drawback of marriage is that is makes one unselfish A man should always be drunk when he talks politics it s the only way in which to make them important Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small, but lets wasps and hornets through There is many a man without learning will get a better of a college bred man, and will have better words too Money is a good servant but a bad master Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves The hallway of every man s life The only man who had a proper understanding of Parliament was old Guy Fawkes You don t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught Life is no brief candle If the Church and the devil Communism is the lay form of Catholicism A charitable man has never gone to hell Only a true Irishmen is a fellow who would trample over the bodies of twelve naked women to reach a pint of porter Anyone who lives withing their means suffers from a lack of imagination Blood is thicker than water and easier seen You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips The man with sense doesn t talk before breakfast Related posts: United Kingdom and Ireland Castles and Cathedrals
