A cousin surprised me with a lovely Irish calendar for 2002, in the mail today. It is a double treat as on each page there are two photos, one large and one small. Unfortunately, they don't indicate the exact location in Ireland each photo was taken, but I recognize some of them. There is a saying for each month I thought you might enjoy -- For the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship but never in want. Always remember to forget The troubles that passed away. But never forget to remember The blessings that come each day. Beannachtam na Femle Padraig ("Happy St. Patrick's Day"). You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing Oh, the ring of the piper's tune Oh, for one of those hours of gladness Gone, alas, like our youth too soon! -- "The Kerry Dance" And when the folk there spy me, They will come up to me, With "Here is the fiddler of Dooney!" And dance like a wave of the sea. -- William Butler Yeats May your house always be too small to hold all of your friends. Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter Lullabies, dreams and love ever after Poems and songs with pipes and with drums A thousand welcomes when anyone comes... That's the Irish for you! It takes time to build a castle. O Son of God, it would be sweet a lovely journey to cross the wave, the fount in flood and visit Ireland. -- attrib. to Colm Cille When Irish eyes are smiling Sure it's like a morn in spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, You can hear the angels sing, -- "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold -- And at the end of all your rainbows may you find a pot of gold.