Was there really a man called Michael Finnegan?

[Bbbananas]

Who had whiskers on his chinnegan?
Did the wind really blow them in again?

or is it just another Oirish Legend?

[Bobbisox]

salla
Beginigin please
LOL

[bigfoot3000]

I once knew this old dear called Mary Finnegan, she had whiskers on her chin and elsewhere I imagine!

[pericat]

He was my uncle -a darlin man - died of a Friday

[Bbbananas]

Just trying to introduce a cheery thread - mostly doom & gloom this morning so far - and not just the weather !!

[sandyRoe]

There was. Here's a description of his wake:

Tim Finnegan lived in Walken street
A gentleman Irish, mighty odd
He had a brogue both rich and sweet
And to rise in the world he carried a hod
You see heed a sort of a tipplin' way
With a love for the liquor he was born
And to send him on his way each day,
He'd a drop of the craythur every morn'

CHORUS:
Whack fol' the dah will ya dance to your partner
Round the floor your trotters shake
Isn't it the truth I told ya?
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake

One morning Tim was rather full
His head felt heavy which made him shake
He fell off the ladder and he broke his skull
And they carried him home, his corpse to wake
Rolled him up in a nice, clean sheet
laid him out upon the bed
With a bottle of whiskey at his feet
And a barrel of porter at his head

[McMouse]

The sea captain's tender young bride
fell into the bay at low tide,
You could tell by her squeals,
that some of the eels
had discovered a good place to hide.

[Booldawg]

I love Finnegans Wake. The Dubliners version of course.

[McMouse]

There was a young man named Sweeney
Who spilled some gin on his weenie.
He thought this uncouth,
So he added vermouth,
And slipped his girl a martini.

[sandyRoe]

Joyce's Finnegans Wake is a hard read, though

[wooliej]

Love the limericks McMouse.

[LoftyLottie]

Wasn't Michael Finngan the bloke who bought Paddy McGinty's goat?

[merciasounds]

was he the cousin of Daniel Morgan? Who had a tiny sexual organ? This gave the girls a sudden shock, when they held his tiny...

I'll ge me coat.......

[redman41]

There is a Film called 'A Man Called Horse' with Richard Harris. No relation to Michael Finnegan though ....

[Bbbananas]

Mercia........!!!
I would never have thought it of you....!!

(Good one).

[LoftyLottie]

Salla, my grandad used to play the ukelele (sp) and sing me these songs (Finnegal and Paddy McGinty). He also played the harmonica. I miss my grandad. He would be 118 now.

[redman41]

mercia has been handling too many Asparagus sticks, salla ! lol

[LoftyLottie]

The other day upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh how I wish he'd go away

Curtesy of Lottie's grandad!

[merciasounds]

One for wooliej:

There was a young girl from Devizes
Who had breasts of two different sizes,
One was so small, it was hardly at all,
And the other was big and won prizes!

[MarkRae]

It rained all night the day I left...

Etc.

[merciasounds]

There's another 20 or so lines to Daniel Morgan!!