Blessings
As spring arrives, the earth turns green 
Just as the emerald isle 
So everyone, around the world, 
Can be Irish for a while.
Toasts
May you have warm words on a cold evening a full moon on a dark night and the road downhill all the way to your door. 
Jokes
Pat and Mike were doing some street repairs in front of a known house of ill repute in Boston.  A Jewish Rabbi came walking down the street, looked the left, looked to right, and ducked into the house.  
Pat paused a bit from swinging his pick and said "Mike...will you look at  that!  A man of the cloth, and going into a place like that in broad daylight!".  
A bit later, a Baptist minister came down the street, looked to the left, looked to the right, and scurried into the house.  
Mike laid down his shovel, turned to Pat and said "Pat!  Are you seeing what  I'm seeing?  A man of the Church, and he's giving that place his custom!" Just then, a Catholic Priest came down the street, looked to the left, looked to the right, and slipped into the bawdy house.  
Pat and Mike straightened up, removed their hats, and Mike says "Faith, and there must be somebody sick in there."  
 
Conemarra Tart
Ingredients
  • 1 cup self rising flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 large apples
  • 1 egg; beaten
  • 2 ounces butter
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Topping
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Method

Sift flour, ginger, salt and sugar. 
Rub in the fat. 
Add milk and eggs to bake a soft dough. 
Roll out on a floured board. 
Cover the base of a greased pie dish with the pastry. 
Grate the apples onto the pastry. 
Dot with butter. 
Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over top. Bake in a moderate oven for 1/2 hour. 
Serve hot with custard.  

 

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