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How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irish man?

by cringeyjokesman October 20, 2021, 12:14 pm

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TIL that a (possible) origin of the Jack O’Lantern is to carry home embers from the Irish Samhain bonfire in carved out turnips. In the new world, pumpkins were used instead. Explains why Jack has an Irish surname!

by whatilearned October 20, 2021, 12:25 am

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A poor Irish family lives on a farm and they rely on their single cow for income.

by cringeyjokesman October 11, 2021, 3:51 pm

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Why are there so few Irish vampires?

by cringeyjokesman October 10, 2021, 2:30 pm

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Irish drinking

by cringeyjokesman October 2, 2021, 3:20 pm

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TIL Irish pubs all over the world have their interior designed, built, shipped and installed by specialized Irish companies. Bar owners can choose the style they want, and at least one company will even work with consultants on menu development.

by whatilearned September 30, 2021, 11:49 am

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TIL about Saint Urho, fictional legend who drove the grasshoppers out of Finland, created by department store workers who wondered why Finns don’t have a patron saint. His celebration of this feat was moved to March 16th so Finns could start drinking a day before the Irish

by whatilearned September 24, 2021, 3:05 pm

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TIL a few hundred years ago some paid little attention to how names were spelled. There is a tombstone in Ireland where the surname for a family of six is shown as McEneaney, McAneany, McAneny, McEnaney, McEneany… and Bird (from a mistaken belief their name comes from the Irish word éan – a bird).

by whatilearned September 24, 2021, 1:15 pm

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An Irish Daughter…

by cringeyjokesman September 20, 2021, 11:56 pm

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TIL Upon the Debut of Apple Maps, in Sept 2012, Users reported numerous errors such as redirecting UK user’s searches of London to its smaller namesake London, Ontario , mislabelling a small Irish park as an airport & completely wiping out certain cities

by whatilearned September 18, 2021, 2:23 am

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So there’s this poor little Irish family – a father, a mother, a 26-year-old son, a 21-year-old son, and an 18-year-old son.

by cringeyjokesman September 16, 2021, 4:42 pm

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An Irish girl returns home after 5 years

by cringeyjokesman September 14, 2021, 10:51 pm

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