Saturday, March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day and there is a tradition here in the US to wear a bit of the green to denote you are Irish, in spirit at least. I tell myself I should learn more about my Irish roots. My father’s family came from Tipperary but we were never in contact with anyone from there, except my paternal aunt corresponded with a cousin but my aunt is deceased, and I am sure the cousin is too. There could be some descendants there. I tried looking up the town on a map of Ireland and could not find it. It might have been my aunt’s penmanship or mis-spelling. She had Ballinamoe, New Town Nenagh, Tipperary as the address of the cousin. Any advice on how to find family in Ireland? Then there’s my mother’s family who came from Canada….
Let’s have a glass of Guinness with Dervish performing ‘Swallow’s Tail’ on You Tube:
The Irish language is very interesting and hard for me to pronounce. It is possible my ancestors spoke Gaelic.
I have heard it is good for our brains to learn a new language. So I was interested in an opportunity I found on Twitter. I can learn Klingon for free. Sounds like fun, but I hope they have an audio part because I am not sure how to pronounce it. It’s quite a tongue twister. Might be easier to learn Gaelic. Learn Irish on duoLingo.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is hosted by Linda G Hill. Today’s prompt is ‘green.’ Dancing shamrocks from Google on giphy.com
Notes Tied On The Sagebrush 
Learn Klingon for free? That’s tempting. Good luck with the family research. I find myself more interested in family history as I get older and want to pass it on to my kids.
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I know, Klingon would be a kick, and Gaelic might not be too bad either. I have gotten bogged down with family history and need to research it more. 🙂
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http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doPlaceSearch&Submit.x=31&Submit.y=10&Submit&freetext=Ballinamoe&parishname=
Try here
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Thank you, Sarah. I will check it out. 🙂
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A bit o’ the Irish luck to you Deborah! A guinness with breakfast is not a bad idea ..
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Luck of the Irish to you as well, Susan! The guinness sounds kinda good right now. 🙂
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I may have to look into the Klingon language so that I can yell Qapla’ with a little more zest.
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Yes, and we could expand our vocabulary. 🙂
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I do have a Klingon Dictionary, I might give the course a try. I wonder if our employee handbook allows yelling in a different language…Love the music.
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A dictionary, what fun. I bet the handbook doesn’t have a rule about Klingon. I like the Dervish clips a lot. 🙂
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