My house smells like cooked cabbage today but I like it because it reminds me of my Grandparents. I still have the cup my Grandfather used for his supper tea. His parents came to the States from the county of Donegal. They raised their children in the tenements of Boston where she was a midwife and he was a policeman. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day everyone!
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How remarkable. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Thanks!! Same to you, Judy!!
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Wow, you take care of your belongings! That cup looks delicate. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you too 🙂
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I only pull this cup out on Saint Patrick’s day and my Grandfather’s birthday:). Otherwise, it would probably be long gone by now!
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My first husband’s great grandfather came from Dublin. St. Patrick’s Day has always been special! Have a great one.
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That’s fun! I wonder if they even have Saint Patricks day in Ireland? You have a great day too!
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How wonderful. Wouldn’t their story make a good Masterpiece Theatre series? Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
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“Call the Midwife” is one of my favorite shows! My Great Grandmother was probably midwifing around the turn of the century. That would be really cool
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That’s real history Cynthia
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It is. I wish I knew more !
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Wishing you a happy St.Patrick’s day too Cynthia! What a nice memory of your grandparents. So many people emigrated from this country. It’s funny as I am one that immigrated, they do celebrate St.Patrick’s day in many countries. Here it is a holiday and there are many parades involving children, and all sorts of musical or sports organisations. I went down town today to see the parade, it was well attended by young and old. I did notice that the people were not wearing their traditional Shamrock this year, that seems to be dying out. Hope you enjoyed your cabbage and bacon 🙂
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Thanks, Agnes! It’s so interesting to hear about how other countries celebrate things. Cabbage and bacon was new to me. Here we have corned beef. My daughter googled it after I told her what you wrote and it seems pork was expensive when so many Irish immigrated here. The Irish neighborhoods were near the Jewish neighborhoods in New York so the Irish substituted their traditional bacon for the Jewish corned beef and somehow it stuck.
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Thank you Cynthia, love to get your interesting info!
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Happy St. Pat’s day to you as well, from another irish descendant on the other side of the planet! That cup is a beauty – it’s wonderful to have such a piece to connect with the past 🙂
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Looks like we had some pretty adventurous ancestors! Yours especially! Australia must have been even more exotic then.
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And a Happy St Patty’s Day to you too!! I also had the smell of cabbage in my kitchen and a delicious meal it was :-). Love your grandfathers tea cup…. A very nice memory to have…. 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad your Saint Patrick’s Day supper was delicious!
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What a treasure to have.
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It is!
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My father came from County Donegal too!
But I don’t have my grandfather’s cup 🙂 — so beautiful, both as a cup and as a memory.
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Oh , that is cool! My Grandfather didn’t want us kids to forget where his family came from so he used to remind us …” The county of Donegal, where they eat potatoes skin and all”, lol… It stuck!
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