To our good friends in Marshville Heritage Village ~

To the farriers and blacksmiths, Happy, Lucky Horseshoes! 

"Let me live in a house by the side of a road
Where the race of men go by;
The men who are good and the men who are bad
As good and as bad as I.

I would not sit in the scorner's seat
Or hurl the cynic's ban;
Let me live in a house by the side of a road
And be a friend to man."

~ Unknown Author
Photos:  lbwalker

For Irish thoughts, Irish-American Funny Quotes by Merrit Malloy is a great little book.
Right away we recognize some of the quotations and names.  John F. Kennedy, Margaret Michell, Fibber McGee, John Wayne, Eugene O'Neill, Andy Rooney,Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward G. Robinson, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Johnny Carson, Jackie Gleason, Malachy McCourt. F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . on and on.

But then ~ we read in the PROLOGUE, ". . .in compiling a book of authentic Irish-Americans, I still can't be absolutely certain that every single name included in this book is Irish."  The author's point?  Everyone claims to be part Irish - especially around St. Patrick's Day!


"Everybody's Irish on St. Patty's Day."  ~ 
 Helen O'Donnell Malloy