Susanna Massa

Look how nice the London Eye looked for St Patrick’s Day, all green and shiny!

May the Irish hills caress you;
may her lakes and rivers bless you;
may the luck of the Irish enfold you;
may the blessings of Saint Patrick, behold you.

St Patrick- or Phadraic-  is the Apostle of Ireland and he is remembered all over the world every year with parades, fun runs and festivals.

The Irish like telling jokes that include other British characters, such as Scotsmen and Englishmen, who usually end up being the target of the joke, as in the following example:

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were reading a newspaper article about which nationalities’ brains were for sale for transplant purposes. An Irishman’s or a Scotsman’s brain could be bought for €500 but an Englishman’s brain cost €10,000. That proves,’ said The Englishman, ‘that Englishmen are much cleverer than Irishmen or Scotsmen.’
‘No it doesn’t,’ said The Irishman, ‘it just means that an Englishman’s brain has never been used.’

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