Dear Riobard and Joan, May the new year bring health and blessings to you both. So glad that you are on the mend. Merry Christmas to all on the Beara List. Karen Sullivan usa ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Templeton To: beara@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Christmas and New Year. Riobard, I'm sorry about your rough time lately but so glad to hear that you are coming around again----just in time for us to wish you a very healthy Merry Christmas and happy New Year. You have been a gift to all of us on this list for a very long time. Thank you. Helen Templeton On Dec 18, 2009, at 5:17 AM, Riobard O'Dwyer wrote: > There was an old man, Johnny, living a few miles from > here. He was noted for using big words in conversation. Johnny was > digging his garden one day when people were passing by on their way > to a Mission. " Why aren't you coming with us, Johnny ?" asked one. > "Well" said Johnny "if all this altar-rail parading & wordly > manifestations are essential for salvation, then I have but a very > poor chance ". > When his neighbour, Dan, tumbled in over a fence on a > bicycle, says Johnny: "His injuries were minimal, taking into > consideration the precipitation of his fall". > In 1796, when the French Fleet was approaching > Castletownbere, a Hanley man, who was a Shopkeeper, was wondering > where he would put his money in safety. So he used an auger to bore > a hole in the wooden leg of one of his beds, put his money in, and > plugged the top. Who said the Beara men hadn't brains !!! > Just to let you know that I've had a rough time for > some time past, but I'm coming around again. > > > > > Where the handshake is warm, > and the welcome is kind > for the friend and the stranger to share; > where kindness is part > of the beauty you find > on the green hills & valleys of Bere. > > A very, very happy Christmas & New Year to you all. > Riobard. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message