Ah, the Luck o' the Irish to ye! As a fun song from "The Happiest Millionaire" declares, "I'll always be Irish, for that's how I began...." Three of my ancestral lines go right to Ireland and then we have some English and Scottish, so there is plenty of the Irish, both northern and southern. Earl thought his McIntyre line was so Scottish, but research has indicated that there was some of that, but plenty of the Irish as well! So, "May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back,...and may God always hold you in the palm of His hand."
Either I had not known or I had forgotten that the shamrock, so connected with Irish folklore, was used in the 400s A.D. by St. Patrick to teach, using the three leaves, about the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Good object lesson!
Katie loves to tell everyone that she is Irish. She has told her teacher at school then in her Primary class on Sunday. She still thinks that one picture we have up of Grandpa Luke is a Leprechaun. I don't know how may times I've told her it's her G-G-Grandpa, but she seems to like to think of him as a Leprechaun anyway.
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