Maewyn Succat’s friend, Grady Mahoney almost became Saint Patrick but he tried to explain the Trinity with a poison Ivy leaf!
Newton's Spurious Apple.
It might be true that Sir Isaac Newton watched an apple fall and discovered gravity. But accord'n to Irish lore, the good Sir's Irish cousin Shamus Newton, was the first to discover gravity.
One summer’s evening in 1665 Shamus Newton found himself at Sean O' Kepler’s Pub. Now the Murphy twins, Ivan and Kevin, bellied their way up to the bar and began challenging each other to knock back a few pints of Guinness. Shamus was stunned as he counted one pint, then two, three…(it might be worth noting that Shamus was the smartest man in the village having completed the forth grade). Suddenly after consuming the last drop of number eight, Ivan and Kevin dropped like they’d been beaned with grandpa’s shillelagh. Naturally, Shamus observed the attraction of each twin to hit the floor at the same time!
(Photo: the 73rd Reenactment of Shamus Newton's observation of gravity)
The Southern Hibernian Leprechauns love to play leap frog on St. Patrick’s Day!
The Irish Wolfhound was bread to retrieve top shelf whiskey and to keep women out of pubs.
