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May you be poor in misfortune Rich in Blessings Slow to make enemies,
Quick to make friends but, rich or poor, quick or slow, May you know noting
buy happiness from this day forward
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May the face of every good news and the back of very bad news be toward
us.
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Like the goodness of the five loaves and two fishes, Which god divided
among the five thousand men, May the blessing of the king who so divided be
upon our share of the common meal.
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May the road rise to meet you may the wind be always at your back the sun
shine warm upon your face the rain fall soft upon your fields and until we
meet again may God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
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May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below
never fall out.
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May the strength of three be in your journey.
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May peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch on your door and
happiness be guided to your home by the candle of Christmas.
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In the New Year may your right hand always be strong.
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St. Patrick was a gentleman who through strategy and stealth drove all the
snakes from Ireland here's a toasting to his health. But not too
many toasting lest you lose yourself and then forget the good St. Patrick
and see all those snakes again.
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May there be a fox on your fishing hook and a hare on your bait and may
you kill no fish until St. Brigids Day.
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The health of the salmon and of the trout that swim back and forward near
the bulls mouth Don't ask for sauce pan jug or mug down the hatch drink it
up.
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Here's to you and yours and to mine and ours and if mine and ours ever
come across you and yours I hope you and yours will do as much for mine and
ours as mine and ours have done for you and yours.
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May you have warm words on a cold evening and a full moon on a dark night
and the road downhill all the way to your door.
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May there be a generation of children on the children of your children.
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