Going To Ireland For Xmas

[slinky.kate]

first time I haven't spent it at home

[tonyav]

Are you visiting relatives, Kate ?.

[slinky.kate]

my mums family have a farm and it has been left to all the cousins etc,one cousin stays there permantly but we can go over anytime,she wants to come home to Dumfries for xmas to see her mum,so we are going over to look after the goats and hens

[tonyav]

Hey I bet you have a grand old time.

[slinky.kate]

I am really looking forward to it,its yonks since I've been there

[tonyav]

I've only ever had one Christmas away from home to, about 20 years ago we spent Christmas in Padstow Cornwall. We really enjoyed it.

[Jackdaw33]

God intended Jesus to be born in ireland but the lack of virgins and wise men caused him to rethink.

[eanceoil]

or maybe that was England Jacdaw33

[tonyav]

Not the Black country surely, eanceoil ;-)

[eanceoil]

Us Irish, the land of Saints and Scholars ;-}

[slinky.kate]

my cousin just phoned and told me to try and go to the workhouse'wee Hanah'in letterkenny.

[DTCwordfan]

So, have you figured what to buy slinky.kate for Christmas?" asked Eammon

"I, sure have, she decided it for me," answered Sean. "She said she wanted something with diamonds in it, so I've bought her a pack of cards."

[ummmm]

Lovely part of the world.

[DTCwordfan]

Brendan Behan, late Irish author, was the soul of courtesy, but there were times when he could give back as good as he got.

Brendan and a friend were emerging from the Long Hall in Dublin during the Christmas season, and Brendan had the misfortune to bump into a lady laden with parcels, the result being to scatter her parcels all over the pavement.

Brendan promptly stooped to recover them from among the feet of the passers-by and restore them to her arms, but her ladyship's temper was not satisfied.

"I'd have you know," she declared angrily, "that my husband's a detective, and, if he was here, he'd take ye!"

This was too much for Brendan, who after all had done his best. "Ma'am," said he, "I don't doubt it for a second. If he took you, he'd take anything."