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Toast

May you be in Heaven a half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.

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Well Wish

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Called a Toast by others.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Gibbons, Mary Clare

Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TIME ; TOAST ; Well Wish

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech
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Irish Blessing

An Irish Blessing

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And Grains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.

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Leave-Talking?

Too long, so not included.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19479 WOODBINE ; Harrington, Mrs John ; Harrington, Nora

Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Culture ; God ; Grain ; Irish ; Road ; TRAVEL ; VERSE ; Well Wishes ; Wind

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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Toast

Nazdravlje

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Where learned: HUNGARY ; Gratz, Anna ; 1897

Keyword(s): DRINK ; Hungary ; Language Serbian ; TOAST ; Well Wishes

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Toast

zu woll sein

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Where learned: GERMANY ; Gratz, Anna ; 1907

Keyword(s): DRINK ; GERMAN ; Saying ; TOAST ; Well Wishes

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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