6 Signs of Irishness

Here's a funny link:

MR NORMAN TEBBIT, MP, suggests you are not really English if you don't cheer
for their cricket team.

In the same vein the Irish Times recently invited readers to choose six
criteria for Irishness , this was the result :

Here are my two favorites from the results:

1. Punctuality.
2. Attention to detail.
3. Leaving public houses before closing time.
4. Respect for speed limits.
5. Early marriage. (for men)
6. Truthfulness.


AND

Bacon and cabbage on the plate,
A tendency to be always late,
On the parlour wall in pride of place -
The Pope and Kennedy face to face,
To Croker for the Sunday Game,
"Soft day, Thank God" in the pouring rain.
But the Irishness we're known for best -
The dozen bambinos in the nest !