4/27/2023 0 Comments Look at me im the captain now![]() So one night she hides in the cemetery and figures to scare the bejeezus out of him. Now, the Missus was never too happy about it, either. Padraic Flaherty came home drunk every evening toward ten. We have tractors like that over here too.” The Texan says: “Takes me a whole dang day to drive from one side of my ranch to the other.” The Kerry farmer says: “Ah sure, I know, sir. Quinn thinks he’s very lucky because his own wife makes him walk.Ī Texan rancher comes to Ireland and meets a Kerry farmer. Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink. He said, “I know, that’s why I want you home by eleven.” ![]() She said, “But Father, I’m no longer a child!” Murphy said to his daughter, “I want you home by eleven o’clock.” “Indeed not,” he replied, “It wasn’t the fall that hurt me at all, it was the sudden stop.” Now, for some jokes to lighten things up.Īn Irishman fell a hundred feet from a building site and asked if he was hurt by the fall. I’m very proud my son can fulfill that Rush dream. It’s something his grandfather, my father always wanted to do, but didn’t and something his great-grandfather, John Rush, wanted to do, but didn’t. Going to Ireland is something I always wanted to do, but haven’t. This summer after college, Sean is planning on studying in Ireland for a month. Like I said, a great song that all six-year-olds should know and recite. He’s taken prisoner and laments about his “darling sportin’ Jenny.” When the hero goes to sleep, Jenny calls the captain, swipes our hero’s rapier and submerses his pistol’s ammunition in water. It’s a nice little ditty about our hero (who tells/sings the story) who robs Captain Farrell of his money, which and I quote, “made a pretty penny.” The nameless hero takes his booty to his own main squeeze, Jenny. That, my friends, is a song all six-year-olds should be aware of. They say, ‘Musha ring dumma do damma da.’” “I’m not sure what it is called,” he said all those years ago. When he was only almost six-years-old I asked him what his favorite Irish song was. By the way, those not familiar the name Sean is not pronounced Seen nor Scene. Son Sean’s birthday is March 17 - affectionately called Saint Sean’s Day by Clan Rush. John Theodore Rush - aka Sean - is either blessed or cursed. Patrick’s Day, I might as well share my thoughts on those subjects (and tell some jokes).įirst, to help all you of non-Irish descent let me say this: Green beer is for wanna-bees. So, while I am sitting here thinking about March, my son and St. It’s also a time when car dealerships and furniture stores have Irish-themed sales for St. March is a time when folks start to think spring in Michigan may actually arrive. The weather, while unpredictable, is gearing up for warmer days to come.
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