OT: Irish Insult Generator

[Wade Hampton Miller]

An Irish-American guitarbuilder (who shall remain nameless here) sent me a link
to this rather unique website, where you can create curses and maledictions and
render them into the Irish language:


http://hermes.lincolnu.edu/~focal/scripts/mallacht.htm



Handy stuff, eh?

As we used to say on the Ould Sod:

"Go lagaí na gráinneoga cealgrúnacha do chuid fo-éadaigh!"


(Translation: May the malevolent hedgehogs weaken your underwear.....)




Wade Hampton Miller
Chugiak, Alaska

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[Big Bone Bailey]

Post by Wade Hampton Miller
"Go lagaí na gráinneoga cealgrúnacha do chuid fo-éadaigh!"
(Translation: May the malevolent hedgehogs weaken your underwear.....)

Why would you loan your underwear to Ron Jeremy, pissed off or not? Of course he
is going to stretch them out.

(Life before coffee...)

--
I ate the last mango in Paris
Took the last plane out of Saigon
Took the first fast boat to China
And there's still so much to be done.

-Jimmy Buffett-

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[Peter MacDonald]

Post by Wade Hampton Miller
An Irish-American guitarbuilder (who shall remain nameless here) sent me a link
to this rather unique website, where you can create curses and maledictions and
http://hermes.lincolnu.edu/~focal/scripts/mallacht.htm
Handy stuff, eh?

Yup. I'm going to put this to a lot of use.

(Damn hecklers and those who request "The Unicorn Song", which is about
as Irish as falafel)

Peter

[Bill Benzel]

Peter MacDonald (***@insightbb.com) wrote:
:
: Yup. I'm going to put this to a lot of use.
:
: (Damn hecklers and those who request "The Unicorn Song", which is about
: as Irish as falafel)
:

It's strange that as well known as Shel Silverstein is for his childrens'
books so few people are aware of all the songs he wrote -- he never got
credit for The Unicorn because it's 20 minutes of fame came via the cover
by The Irish Rovers -- I'm not sure if they were actually Irish either.

[Dick Thaxter]

Post by Bill Benzel
: Yup. I'm going to put this to a lot of use.
: (Damn hecklers and those who request "The Unicorn Song", which is about
: as Irish as falafel)
It's strange that as well known as Shel Silverstein is for his childrens'
books so few people are aware of all the songs he wrote -- he never got
credit for The Unicorn because it's 20 minutes of fame came via the cover
by The Irish Rovers -- I'm not sure if they were actually Irish either.

Well if he didn't get credit for The Unicorn, we can at least remember
him for "Sylvia's Mother"

Dick Thaxter

[Bill Benzel]

Dick Thaxter (***@loc.gov) wrote:
: >
: > It's strange that as well known as Shel Silverstein is for his childrens'
: > books so few people are aware of all the songs he wrote -- he never got
: > credit for The Unicorn because it's 20 minutes of fame came via the cover
: > by The Irish Rovers -- I'm not sure if they were actually Irish either.
: >
:
: Well if he didn't get credit for The Unicorn, we can at least remember
: him for "Sylvia's Mother"
:

Not to mention A Boy Named Sue, The Great Smoke Off, Blue Eyes, Bury Me In
My Shades, The Man Who Got No Sign, MAgical Songwriter's Pen, I could go
on but the Shel Silverstein song most apropos to this newsgroup is pretty
obsure -- it's called "This Guitar Is For Sale" --

This guitar is for sale.
I'll let her go cheap,
Tho' she's pretty to look at,
She don't earn her keep.
She can roar like the west wind,
She can weep.
She can wail.
But the tunes that she plays ain't sellin' today,
This guitar is for sale.

She's laid here beside me
On cold winter nights.
She's got me in trouble
She's won me some fights,
We both came out all right!

She knows every sad song
That Hank ever wrote.
Just touch her once gently,
And she'll take you on home.
She'll tell you sad stories
'Bout junk yards and jails
And a fool with a song,
And a love that's gone wrong.
This guitar is for sale.

She's rode 'cross this country
On freight trains and trucks
Hung 'round pawn shop windows
When we've been down on our luck
And we've been down on our luck!

So please treat her kindly.
Keep her out of the rain.
It's funny you're askin'...
I never gave her a name.
If you think she looks weary,
You've been readin' our mail.
If you've got the dough,
Take her and go,
This guitar is for sale.

She's won me some ladies
With her sweet lovin' songs
And she stayed right here with me
When the ladies were gone.
And the ladies are gone!

But hard times and troubles
Been doggin' our tale.
If you've got the dough,
Buddy, take her and go,
This guitar is for sale.

[Charlie Gibbs]

Post by Bill Benzel

Post by Dick Thaxter

Post by Bill Benzel
It's strange that as well known as Shel Silverstein is for his
childrens' books so few people are aware of all the songs he
wrote -- he never got credit for The Unicorn because it's 20
minutes of fame came via the cover by The Irish Rovers -- I'm
not sure if they were actually Irish either.

Well if he didn't get credit for The Unicorn, we can at least
remember him for "Sylvia's Mother"

...and all the other stuff Doctor Hook made famous - "Freakers' Ball"
and "Cover of the Rolling Stone" are the favourites around here. For
that matter, I just checked my copy of "Sloppy Seconds" and he wrote
every damned song on the album. A far cry from his children's books...

Post by Bill Benzel
Not to mention A Boy Named Sue, The Great Smoke Off, Blue Eyes, Bury
Me In My Shades, The Man Who Got No Sign, MAgical Songwriter's Pen,
I could go on but the Shel Silverstein song most apropos to this
newsgroup is pretty obsure -- it's called "This Guitar Is For Sale" --

<snip>

Wow. Shel Silverstein amazes me more each day.

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[Wade Hampton Miller]

Post by Bill Benzel
The Irish Rovers -- I'm not sure if they were actually Irish either.

Yeah, they were and (last I heard) still are a bunch of Ulstermen. At least
two or three of them are brothers named Millar, which is pronounced "Miller"
and is the original spelling of my own family name.


Wade Hampton "We're A Bunch Of Ulstermen, Too" Miller
Chugiak, Alaska

[Peter MacDonald]

Post by Wade Hampton Miller

Post by Bill Benzel
The Irish Rovers -- I'm not sure if they were actually Irish either.

Yeah, they were and (last I heard) still are a bunch of Ulstermen. At least
two or three of them are brothers named Millar, which is pronounced "Miller"
and is the original spelling of my own family name.
Wade Hampton "We're A Bunch Of Ulstermen, Too" Miller

Quite true, although they lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a
number of years, including the time that "The Unicorn Song" was
recorded. AFAIK, Will Millar, the lead singer, still owns a pub in
Calgary.

Peter

[Charlene]

Just FYI guys -- Will Millar and George Millar are brothers, Joe
Millar is their cousin.

The Irish Rovers still perform, with a slightly different line up
nowadays. Will left the group and has been performing and recording
with other folks, has a website at www.celtic-music.com.

George, Joe, and Wilcil McDowell from the original Irish Rovers are
still together, Jimmy Ferguson died a few years ago, and the group now
also includes Wallace Hood, Kevin McKeown, John Reynolds, and
sometimes Sean O'Driscoll. Their website is
www.irish-rovers.demon.co.uk - if you have your filters set high you
may not get through because of the word "demon" in there.

I have one book of Shel Silverstein's poems and they are cute. I do
agree that up until the Unicorn came out when I thought of Ireland I
never thought of unicorns - now I've been forever brainwashed.

Charlene

Post by Peter MacDonald

Post by Wade Hampton Miller

Post by Bill Benzel
The Irish Rovers -- I'm not sure if they were actually Irish either.

Yeah, they were and (last I heard) still are a bunch of Ulstermen. At least
two or three of them are brothers named Millar, which is pronounced "Miller"
and is the original spelling of my own family name.
Wade Hampton "We're A Bunch Of Ulstermen, Too" Miller

Quite true, although they lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a
number of years, including the time that "The Unicorn Song" was
recorded. AFAIK, Will Millar, the lead singer, still owns a pub in
Calgary.
Peter

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hi. Some pretty good ones going around.
I do have a small problem though.

A close friend is coming to visit me in SA, from cork county. The poor sod has trouble finding a girlfriend.

We joke about it alot. He gave himself the nickname ''knucklef@*#ker'', due to self satisfying reasons.

i want to write him an insult, but no site can translate it for me to gealic. Maybe some of you can help. Please.

Here goes, ''you're so useless in a bedroom, that you would'nt taste the g-spot on a 10 pound p@*#=sy, even if it sprayed you in the face''

Maybe you can help translate

Thank you

[David Hajicek]

Or as one woman said, "is that a ferret in your pants, or are you just happy
to see me?"

Dave Hajicek

Post by Wade Hampton Miller
An Irish-American guitarbuilder (who shall remain nameless here) sent me a link
to this rather unique website, where you can create curses and

maledictions and

Post by Wade Hampton Miller
http://hermes.lincolnu.edu/~focal/scripts/mallacht.htm
Handy stuff, eh?
"Go lagaí na gráinneoga cealgrúnacha do chuid fo-éadaigh!"
(Translation: May the malevolent hedgehogs weaken your underwear.....)
Wade Hampton Miller
Chugiak, Alaska
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[Bill Chandler]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:12:52 -0500, "David Hajicek"

Post by David Hajicek
Or as one woman said, "is that a ferret in your pants, or are you just happy
to see me?"
Dave Hajicek

"We have armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
--Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap


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