Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of the leprechauns of the blog from the Turley Clan.
The leprechauns returned again this year. They drank a beer and fell into Madie’s leprechaun trap but we found a little rope that Patrick O’Flannigan used to get out. In their haste and haze, they dropped six little green hats and six sparkling clovers in the garden. The kids found them as well as our traditional green pouches hanging from the trees — each with one of their names on it and a gold dollar coin inside. The leprechauns this year left green donuts and (not doubt in a gesture to Leslie’s Jewish heritage) green bagels. We are cooking the corned beef and cabbage for tonight’s dinner before heading off to our friends, the Jones, for their annual St. Patrick’s Day party in Alexandria.
Best wishes to the Turley clan in Ireland, particularly in the counties Armaugh and Down.
And to everyone . . . Erin go Bragh!!!
Jonathan Turley
Gene,
That was a 20 string harp guitar. Bass strings above the fretted neck and treble strings below. Very rare instrument dating from the early 1900s. Must be like wrestling an octopus to play.
Great job OS! Happy St. Pats!
Wow! That was really cool, OS. They had some variations on the instrument I’ve never seen before either. That second guy who started playing was playing the smallest I’ve ever seen. And the third player with the extra set of higher harp strings (from what? an autoharp?) was something new for me too. What an amazing instrument! “Now that’s something you don’t see every day!” Indeed.
If you love harp guitars, and I do, here is the grand finale of the 5th Annual Harp Guitar Gathering in 2007. Some of the greatest harp guitar players in the world playing an old Irish tune, The Water is Wide.
That was a great post, OS. I particularly like the John Doan bit with the harp guitar. Went great with my Guinness.
One of my all time favorite guitarist played the harp guitar, the late Michael Hedges. Here he is playing Cello Suite #1 in G major by J.S. Bach on the harp guitar. What’s ironically sad about this clip is him talking about driving safely at the start. He was killed at the too young age of 43 in an automobile accident on a rain slick highway just north of San Francisco while returning home from a Thanksgiving visit to his girlfriend. Thus the world was deprived of a great artist. I raise a toast to you and yours, my good friend OS! And to the late Mr. Hedges as well!
Green bagels! Why didn’t I think of that?! I run a Jewish deli in a small town with very few Jews. I made bagels today, as I do most days. I should have made them green!
Hope everyone had a good day today. I wrote a kind of long post on Irish music over at Daily Kos, with some personal stuff thrown in. Feel free to take a look and listen to a few great Irish tunes.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/17/1075329/-Liveblogging-St-Patricks-Day-with-the-Shamrock-American-Kossacks-Irish-Music-?detail=hide
Been savoring some Irish Ale. Guinness Stout ain’t bad either.
HAPPY ST. PAT’s DAY, all!
green bagels now there’s a St Paddy’s day treat I could see becoming a tradition.
HAPPY ST. PAT’s DAY, all!
ROFLOL!
Now that’s a trio that rivals the Three Tenors, Elaine!
The Muppets present Danny Boy:
My granddaughter Julia wishes the Turley clan a fine Saint Patrick’s Day!
http://jonathanturley.org/2012/03/17/the-wearing-of-the-green/
Then again, some of us are Irish 24/7/365.
No, they’re not. Not everybody. Some people are always turning Japanese.
Ain’t everybody Irish today….
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone. My counties are all in the south – Kerry, Cork, Mayo and Tipperary. Still have a family pub operating in Dingle, County Kerry.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of Clan Turley and the extended blog family!
Sounds like a great day ahead. Happy St. Pats Day Professor!