IRISH BLESSINGS

May the roof above never fall in, and the friend gathered below never fall out.

May your troubles be as few as my granny's teeth.

May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.

Until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand.

Health and long life to you, and when you die may your bones rest in Ireland.

May you be forty years in heaven before the devil knows you're dead.

May the face of every good news and the back of every bad news be towards us.

May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use.

The last of a feast is better than the first of a fight.

Leave the bad luck to the last in the hopes that it may never come.

May you live long in your native place.

May the road rise to meet you on your travels.

May luck be to the married couple.

May your voice be above every voice.

May the strength of three be in your journey.