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Irish Wishes For You

May your mornings bring joy
and your evenings bring peace...
May your troubles grow less
as your blessings increase!

May neighbors respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you.

May the lilt of Irish laughter
lighten every load.
May the mist of Irish magic
shorten every road...
And may all your friends remember
all the favors you are owed.

May those that love us, love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if he doesn't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.

May misfortune follow you the rest
of your life, and never catch up.

May you have food and raiment,
a soft pillow for your head.
May you be forty years in heaven
before the devil knows you're dead.

May you have the hindsight to know
where you've been,
The foresight to know
where you are going,
And the insight to know when
you have gone too far.