This isn't actually a wedding toast, more of a blessing at the start of a meal, but maybe it will be useful. I believe the attribution is to Robbie Burns: "Some hae meat and canna eat And some would eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can eat. Fae, let the Lord be thankit." -----Original Message----- From: kpalin@rogers.com To: petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] Scottish Wedding Toast Just as a FYI I have a very good Irish friend as well who tells me that many of the people who went to Ireland were sent away from their own countries...kind of like jail....something to think about! Wonder how that works with the "wrong side of the Island" comments? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Sanborn" <quenesta@gwi.net> To: <petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] Scottish Wedding Toast > Hi Bruce, > > I don't have a toast but I certainly will be watching for replies to your > request. My significant other is a six foot four Irishman and I am always > trying to get back at his replies that the Scots are from the "wrong side" > of the Island. > > Barbara (Petrie) Sanborn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <db2petrie@aol.com> > To: <petrie-scotland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:11 AM > Subject: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] Scottish Wedding Toast > > > > Hello fellow Petries, > > > > I am writing to see if any of my kinsmen and kinswomen can tell me if > there are traditional Scottish Wedding Toasts. I am goint to a reception > this evening and would like to have a Scottish retort (hehe) for my Irish > friends. > > > > > > Thanks for any help. Hi Norma and cousin Robert. > > > > God bless all, > > > > Bruce Petrie > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security > tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PETRIE-SCOTLAND-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 PETRIE-SCOTLAND-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 PETRIE-SCOTLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

adivared50@aol.com wrote: > > >This isn't actually a wedding toast, more of a blessing at the start of a meal, but maybe it will be useful. I believe the attribution is to Robbie Burns: >"Some hae meat and canna eat >And some would eat that want it. >But we hae meat and we can eat. >Fae, let the Lord be thankit." > > > I think the last line is, "_ Sae_ let the lord be thankit" Cheers Derek