ST PATRICK'S DAY
ON MARCH 17, 1762 THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
This is
THE BEST A MAN CAN GET
GILLETTE
...all the world seems bright and gay, and ____ ____ ____ ___ _____ Sure they'll steal your heart away.
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD is most famous for this book, made into a film in the '70's starring Robert Redford, and in 2013 starring Leonardo Dicaprio
THE GREAT GATSBY
IN HOLLYWOOD, these actors who spent a lot of time together jokingly were called the Irish Mafia. They included JAMES CAGNEY, PAT O'BRIEN, FRANK MCGUGH, and this star of 'BOYS TOWN' and 'GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
SPENCER TRACY
THIS IS A TRADITIONAL GREETING ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
TOP O' THE MORNING
DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT
AMERICAN EXPRESS
I GO TO THE HILLS WHEN MY HEART IS LONELY, I KNOW I WILL HEAR, WHAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE. MY HEART WILL BE BLESSED WITH...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
In 2011 the Grand Marshal of the St Patrick's Day Parade in NY was this mystery writer whose books include 'WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS', & 'WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?'
MARY HIGGINS CLARK
MAUREEN O' HARA watches JOHN WAYNE fight VICTOR MCLAGLEN over what seems like the whole Irish countryside in this 1952 JOHN FORD film.
THE QUIET MAN
THE 4 leaf clover brings good luck. The three leaf clover was used by St. Patrick to explain this Christian concept
THE HOLY TRINITY
'YOU'RE NOT FULLY CLEAN UNLESS YOU'RE...
ZESFTFULLY CLEAN
BLOWING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND IT MAKES ME SO DEPRESSEDTO SEE THE GLOOM. THERE'S NOT A SOUL OUT THERE NO ONE TO HEAR MY PRAYER
GIMME GIMME GIMMEE
This American author who sadly died of suicide in 1961 wrote books like 'The Sun Also Rises', 'For Whom The Bell Tolls', and 'The Old Man In The Sea'.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
THIS 1959 FILM about an old codger who matches wits with the King of Leprechauns. It featured Sean Connery a few years before he became James Bond.
DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE
BUSHMILLS is the oldest of this type of drink
Irish Whiskey
GREY POUPON
Cryin' all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbitt and you ain't no friend of min. You ain't nothin but a....
HOUND DOG
Hans Christian Anderson wrote many fairy tales, including this one about a man obsessed with fancy garments, who gets conned into thinking he is wearing the most lavish outfit, when in reality he is naked.
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Martin Scorsese made the film 'THE IRISHMAN' in 2018 with Robert Deniro, and this Italian actor who only won one Oscar, not for any Godfather films but for 'Scent of a Woman'
AL PACINO
This famous Irish phrase means 'IRELAND FOREVER'
ERIN GO BRAGH
THINK OUTSIDE THE BUN
TACO BELL
_____ singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise
BLACKBIRD
HE WROTE 'OF MICE AND MEN' and 'THE GRAPES OF WRATH'.
JOHN STEINBECK
This 1999 film is based on a book by Frank Mccourt about a family moving from New York back to America after a child's death. The father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism.
ANGELA'S ASHES