Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly wait to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled "Irish" shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold at the rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, tacky Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each. For some reason my Windows Mail account is misbehaving. It took me a couple of days to figure out that Verizon Mail was friendlier. I was feeling VERY left out of Elaine's Relaxed Mail invitation. Thank you Elaine. Daddy was 100% Irish, Mother was a "half-breed"....her daddy was Irish and her mother English. Perhaps Mother's mixed ancestry was responsible for the way she prepared....frequently....potatoes, ham and cabbage all boiled together in one pot. (NEVER corned beef-I do think that was a Irish Yankee addition to the pot, besides Mother HATED corned beef.) Our modest little row house (trust me, I was NOT raised in a "townhome") stank to high heaven on boiled cabbage days. I was grown and married before I discovered crisp and buttered boiled cabbage was delicious and bore no resemblance to the mushy, stinky cabbage and cabbage flavored boiled potatoes of my childhood! (It was a wonderful childhood, by the way. I was the baby of the family and the apple of Daddy's eye and Mother made delicious soups and stews.) Elaine generously offered to post her recipe for Colcannon. I will be kind enough to omit Mother's recipe for boiled ham and cabbage. I do think my love affair for BUTTER began way back, and I do mean WAY BACK. I put enough butter on that pile of boiled Irish food to make it o.k. May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And happiness be with you now, and bless you forevermore! And a special remembrance of my beloved Daddy on his birthday. John Patrick McCanney born on this day, 16 March 1904 died 12 February 1974. I still miss him. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! Mary McCANNEY FINLEY my Irish roots...McCanney, McGlensey, Collins, McCormick, Fitzgerald, Quinn, Trott, O"Donnell, Holden, Mullen, McCloskey

Mary So, did your shirts say, "Suerte del irlandés"? <G> Pat In Tucson (got my green shamrock charm bracelet ready to go for tomorrow -- only "Irish" thing I own) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 7:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GN] Ireland Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly wait to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled "Irish" shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold at the rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, tacky Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each.

David's said "Paddy's Irish Pub South Philly" Never heard of it, but it was a cute $4.00 shirt! Mine was practical-a new green tee that I can wear all summer. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kith-n-Kin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Ireland Mary So, did your shirts say, "Suerte del irlandés"? <G> Pat In Tucson (got my green shamrock charm bracelet ready to go for tomorrow -- only "Irish" thing I own) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 7:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GN] Ireland Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly wait to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled "Irish" shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold at the rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, tacky Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each. ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, Mary & family. I really enjoyed reading your story. It was so beautifully told. Mexico seems like a strange place to celebrate our Irish heritage, but after all, we take our Irish wherever we go, right?! Enjoy your vacation, and again, have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day! Suzy On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! > We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly > wait > to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! > I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled "Irish" > shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold at > the > rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, > tacky > Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each. > For some reason my Windows Mail account is misbehaving. It took me a > couple > of days to figure out that Verizon Mail was friendlier. I was feeling > VERY > left out of Elaine's Relaxed Mail invitation. Thank you Elaine. > Daddy was 100% Irish, Mother was a "half-breed"....her daddy was Irish > and > her mother English. Perhaps Mother's mixed ancestry was responsible > for the > way she prepared....frequently....potatoes, ham and cabbage all boiled > together in one pot. (NEVER corned beef-I do think that was a Irish > Yankee > addition to the pot, besides Mother HATED corned beef.) Our modest > little > row house (trust me, I was NOT raised in a "townhome") stank to high > heaven > on boiled cabbage days. I was grown and married before I discovered > crisp > and buttered boiled cabbage was delicious and bore no resemblance to the > mushy, stinky cabbage and cabbage flavored boiled potatoes of my > childhood! > (It was a wonderful childhood, by the way. I was the baby of the > family and > the apple of Daddy's eye and Mother made delicious soups and stews.) > Elaine generously offered to post her recipe for Colcannon. I will be > kind > enough to omit Mother's recipe for boiled ham and cabbage. I do think > my > love affair for BUTTER began way back, and I do mean WAY BACK. I put > enough > butter on that pile of boiled Irish food to make it o.k. > May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And > happiness > be with you now, and bless you forevermore! > And a special remembrance of my beloved Daddy on his birthday. John > Patrick > McCanney born on this day, 16 March 1904 died 12 February 1974. I still > miss him. > Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! > Mary McCANNEY FINLEY > my Irish roots...McCanney, McGlensey, Collins, McCormick, Fitzgerald, > Quinn, > Trott, O"Donnell, Holden, Mullen, McCloskey > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ~~~~~Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much~~~~~

Hi Suzy, We are home and my shamrock flag hangs for a couple of more days. Thank you for the nice response! Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzy Q" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [GN] Ireland > Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, Mary & family. I really enjoyed reading > your story. It was so beautifully told. Mexico seems like a strange place > to celebrate our Irish heritage, but after all, we take our Irish wherever > we go, right?! Enjoy your vacation, and again, have a wonderful St. > Patrick's Day! > Suzy > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! >> We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly >> wait >> to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! >> I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled >> "Irish" >> shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold >> at >> the >> rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, >> tacky >> Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each. >> For some reason my Windows Mail account is misbehaving. It took me a >> couple >> of days to figure out that Verizon Mail was friendlier. I was feeling >> VERY >> left out of Elaine's Relaxed Mail invitation. Thank you Elaine. >> Daddy was 100% Irish, Mother was a "half-breed"....her daddy was Irish >> and >> her mother English. Perhaps Mother's mixed ancestry was responsible >> for the >> way she prepared....frequently....potatoes, ham and cabbage all boiled >> together in one pot. (NEVER corned beef-I do think that was a Irish >> Yankee >> addition to the pot, besides Mother HATED corned beef.) Our modest >> little >> row house (trust me, I was NOT raised in a "townhome") stank to high >> heaven >> on boiled cabbage days. I was grown and married before I discovered >> crisp >> and buttered boiled cabbage was delicious and bore no resemblance to >> the >> mushy, stinky cabbage and cabbage flavored boiled potatoes of my >> childhood! >> (It was a wonderful childhood, by the way. I was the baby of the >> family and >> the apple of Daddy's eye and Mother made delicious soups and stews.) >> Elaine generously offered to post her recipe for Colcannon. I will be >> kind >> enough to omit Mother's recipe for boiled ham and cabbage. I do think >> my >> love affair for BUTTER began way back, and I do mean WAY BACK. I put >> enough >> butter on that pile of boiled Irish food to make it o.k. >> May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And >> happiness >> be with you now, and bless you forevermore! >> And a special remembrance of my beloved Daddy on his birthday. John >> Patrick >> McCanney born on this day, 16 March 1904 died 12 February 1974. I >> still >> miss him. >> Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! >> Mary McCANNEY FINLEY >> my Irish roots...McCanney, McGlensey, Collins, McCormick, Fitzgerald, >> Quinn, >> Trott, O"Donnell, Holden, Mullen, McCloskey >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > ~~~~~Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much~~~~~ > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Wonderful!!!!! Good to hear from you - have a great time with the fam and SLAN!! On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! > We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly > wait > to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! > I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled "Irish" > shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold at > the > rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, > tacky > Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each. > For some reason my Windows Mail account is misbehaving. It took me a > couple > of days to figure out that Verizon Mail was friendlier. I was feeling > VERY > left out of Elaine's Relaxed Mail invitation. Thank you Elaine. > Daddy was 100% Irish, Mother was a "half-breed"....her daddy was Irish > and > her mother English. Perhaps Mother's mixed ancestry was responsible > for the > way she prepared....frequently....potatoes, ham and cabbage all boiled > together in one pot. (NEVER corned beef-I do think that was a Irish > Yankee > addition to the pot, besides Mother HATED corned beef.) Our modest > little > row house (trust me, I was NOT raised in a "townhome") stank to high > heaven > on boiled cabbage days. I was grown and married before I discovered > crisp > and buttered boiled cabbage was delicious and bore no resemblance to the > mushy, stinky cabbage and cabbage flavored boiled potatoes of my > childhood! > (It was a wonderful childhood, by the way. I was the baby of the > family and > the apple of Daddy's eye and Mother made delicious soups and stews.) > Elaine generously offered to post her recipe for Colcannon. I will be > kind > enough to omit Mother's recipe for boiled ham and cabbage. I do think > my > love affair for BUTTER began way back, and I do mean WAY BACK. I put > enough > butter on that pile of boiled Irish food to make it o.k. > May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And > happiness > be with you now, and bless you forevermore! > And a special remembrance of my beloved Daddy on his birthday. John > Patrick > McCanney born on this day, 16 March 1904 died 12 February 1974. I still > miss him. > Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! > Mary McCANNEY FINLEY > my Irish roots...McCanney, McGlensey, Collins, McCormick, Fitzgerald, > Quinn, > Trott, O"Donnell, Holden, Mullen, McCloskey > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ===== Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no disguising the truth." DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak"

We are home....went from gorgeous sunny day to nasty cold rain in just a few hours! Thanks for the nice message. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen B. Simons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [GN] Ireland > Wonderful!!!!! > > > Good to hear from you - have a great time with the fam and SLAN!! > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dear Irish Newbies and those who wish they were! >> We are vacationing in Mexico with four of our children. I can hardly >> wait >> to see what restaurant menus have to offer us tomorrow! >> I went to Kohl's, Boscovs and Kmart in search of clearly labeled >> "Irish" >> shirts for each family member to wear tomorrow. I hit a pot of gold >> at >> the >> rainbow's end in Boscovs where there was a table heaped with lovely, >> tacky >> Irish logo shirts for $4.00 each. >> For some reason my Windows Mail account is misbehaving. It took me a >> couple >> of days to figure out that Verizon Mail was friendlier. I was feeling >> VERY >> left out of Elaine's Relaxed Mail invitation. Thank you Elaine. >> Daddy was 100% Irish, Mother was a "half-breed"....her daddy was Irish >> and >> her mother English. Perhaps Mother's mixed ancestry was responsible >> for the >> way she prepared....frequently....potatoes, ham and cabbage all boiled >> together in one pot. (NEVER corned beef-I do think that was a Irish >> Yankee >> addition to the pot, besides Mother HATED corned beef.) Our modest >> little >> row house (trust me, I was NOT raised in a "townhome") stank to high >> heaven >> on boiled cabbage days. I was grown and married before I discovered >> crisp >> and buttered boiled cabbage was delicious and bore no resemblance to >> the >> mushy, stinky cabbage and cabbage flavored boiled potatoes of my >> childhood! >> (It was a wonderful childhood, by the way. I was the baby of the >> family and >> the apple of Daddy's eye and Mother made delicious soups and stews.) >> Elaine generously offered to post her recipe for Colcannon. I will be >> kind >> enough to omit Mother's recipe for boiled ham and cabbage. I do think >> my >> love affair for BUTTER began way back, and I do mean WAY BACK. I put >> enough >> butter on that pile of boiled Irish food to make it o.k. >> May joy and peace surround you, Contentment latch your door, And >> happiness >> be with you now, and bless you forevermore! >> And a special remembrance of my beloved Daddy on his birthday. John >> Patrick >> McCanney born on this day, 16 March 1904 died 12 February 1974. I >> still >> miss him. >> Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! >> Mary McCANNEY FINLEY >> my Irish roots...McCanney, McGlensey, Collins, McCormick, Fitzgerald, >> Quinn, >> Trott, O"Donnell, Holden, Mullen, McCloskey >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > ===== > Kathleen Bowen Simons > Falls Church, Virginia > > "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no > disguising the truth." > DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak" > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >