Things Irish people erroneously think are uniquely Irish.

Washington Irving

ConstantJoe wrote: »

I heard somewhere that the word "craic" isn't actually Irish, it originated in England and was brought over.

Yeah, that's true. It was 'crack', which was then borrowed into Irish and the spelling changed to 'craic'. Then, the Irish spelling was borrowed back into Enlgish. So, it's an English-originated word with Irish spelling

guinnessdrinker

The Potato

Halloran springs

Driving home after failing your driving test, no we aren't the only country out of roughly 200 countries in the world where you can do this. I actually don't know of a single country in the world who revokes or suspends your license after failing the test.

CrazyRabbit

boards.ie

dirtyden

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

What, exactly, is the difference? I've always wondered...

Proper pudding and proper sausages.

Matt_Trakker

LiamMc wrote: »

They would use patronising phrases and attempt to humour the RoI fans by explaining that they were never like their neighbours. The fact these journalists were attempting to embed prejudices within Irish Football fans is lost on the journalists.

If that meant hooliganism not coming to Ireland then I'm cool with that.

Scanlas The 2nd

Round Abouts is another. Heard a few people say they only exist in Ireland.

dirtyden

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Round Abouts is another. Heard a few people say they only exist in Ireland.

Ireland and the UK. Do you not remember Homer side swipeing the Queen when the simpsons visit London?

Mickeroo

The gaelic language?

Katunga

rory mcilroy

Gordon Gecko

Pierce Brosnan, Graham Norton and Terry Wogan to name but a few.............

seachto7

"craic" isn't originally an Irish term

Boskowski

Halloran springs wrote: »

Driving home after failing your driving test, no we aren't the only country out of roughly 200 countries in the world where you can do this. I actually don't know of a single country in the world who revokes or suspends your license after failing the test.

Germany springs to mind although technically you're correct, because you wouldn't get (a learner license) one in the first place. You arrive by whatever means of transport to the test excluding driving any car and if you fail you make your own arrangements again. And again those arrangements do not include driving away in whatever vehicle you attempted that test for.

Skid

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Round Abouts is another. Heard a few people say they only exist in Ireland.

Where do these morons live who think Roundabouts do not exist outside Ireland?

opti0nal

The Harp

The origin of the harp goes back to Mesopotamia, The earliest harps and lyres were found in Sumer c, 3500 BCE[2] Several harps were found in burial pits and royal tombs in Ur.[3] The oldest depictions of harps without a forepillar are from 500 BCE, which was the Persian harp of Perspolis/Persia in Iran and from 400 BCE in Egypt. The Harp (Persian: چنگ Chang) flourished in Persia in many forms from its introduction, about 3000 BCE, until the 17th century.

ejmaztec

Skid wrote: »

Where do these morons live who think Roundabouts do not exist outside Ireland?

Perhaps it's because people have a round about way of doing things here.

mac.in

Deceiving Celtic Tiger

RobbingBandit

Free Money.

ratmouse

Murphy's Bar

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Alcoholism.
Miserable weather.

RGDATA!

Case in point I think:

dirtyden wrote: »

Proper pudding and proper sausages.

Proper sausages as an Irish thing is a myth. The sausages most of us grew up on and which the vast majority of places serving irish breakfasts use are 50% sawdust and not "proper" sausages to my mind. Some butchers here now do lovely sausages - note: more in the traditional english styles - but in general you're more likely to be served a "proper" sausage in france, or spain, italy, germany, poland, or england.

Herb Powell

CJC999 wrote: »

Driving a car registered in another country on the roads here.

Ireland is the only place this happens. No where else would tolerate it. Blaming VRT or high road tax is a pathetic excuse for blatant disregard for the law.

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purple'n'gold

Calling terrorists and gangsters paramilitaries seems to be a uniquely Irish thing.

the scrote

it is perfectly ok from a safety point of view to have your kids ride in a trailer been pulled by a tractor or car

dirtyden

RGDATA! wrote: »

Case in point I think:



Proper sausages as an Irish thing is a myth. The sausages most of us grew up on and which the vast majority of places serving irish breakfasts use are 50% sawdust and not "proper" sausages to my mind. Some butchers here now do lovely sausages - note: more in the traditional english styles - but in general you're more likely to be served a "proper" sausage in france, or spain, italy, germany, poland, or england.

No a proper butcher brekfeast sausage in ireland beats any I have tried in another country. You are comparing apples with pears here.

The better UK sausages like the Cumberland etc are not going to be served with your breakfest, similarly with the french and german ones. Id not want a big wurst with my pudding and eggs.

My initial point was about brekfeasts which may have been missed as the thread progressed not about sausages. I never suggested we invented the sausage just that we are gold medallists in cooked, specifically fried breakfests.

There are a lot of crap sausages out there I agree with you there, that are mainly cereal, water and salt.

rubadubduba

Irish Wolfhound,

Mully_2011

Taking out an expensive loan to buy a new car to save money on road tax

a5y

Ahem:

erroneously


that is all.

LiamMc

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

If that meant hooliganism not coming to Ireland then I'm cool with that.

Maybe then it's worldwide......
Prejudices isn't Hooliganism.

Lando Griffin

60million Americans waking up every morning and dreaming about an ass and turf cart beside a thatch cottage in a misty purple moutain.

Pottler

Tequila?

Crooked Jack

joolsveer wrote: »

Guinness

How has nobody corrected this yet?

padd b1975

opti0nal wrote: »

The Jig (Irish: port) is a form of lively folk dance in compound meter, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It developed in 16th century England, and was quickly adopted on the Continent where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite (the French gigue; Italian and Spanish giga).[1] Today it is most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music.[2]

opti0nal wrote: »

The Harp

The origin of the harp goes back to Mesopotamia, The earliest harps and lyres were found in Sumer c, 3500 BCE[2] Several harps were found in burial pits and royal tombs in Ur.[3] The oldest depictions of harps without a forepillar are from 500 BCE, which was the Persian harp of Perspolis/Persia in Iran and from 400 BCE in Egypt. The Harp (Persian: چنگ Chang) flourished in Persia in many forms from its introduction, about 3000 BCE, until the 17th century.

*Note to self*

Never go for a pint with this guy.:cool:

r3nu4l

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Round Abouts is another. Heard a few people say they only exist in Ireland.

dirtyden wrote: »

Ireland and the UK. Do you not remember Homer side swipeing the Queen when the simpsons visit London?

yup, I've used roundabouts in Florida at Clearwater beach. Definitely not uniquely Irish and English. Rare in the US but not entirely absent.

padd b1975 wrote: »

*Note to self*

Never go for a pint with this guy.:cool:

Unless it's for a pub quiz


Many on the Motors forum think bad driving is uniquely Irish or that we are the worst in Europe...these people clearly haven't driven around much of Europe.

Zebra3

purplengold wrote: »

Calling terrorists and gangsters paramilitaries seems to be a uniquely Irish thing.

It's not. Many such groups in Latin America are called paramilitaries as well.

Kat1170

Most of the things in this thread.

Icepick

harsh past (colonization, famine, etc.)

archer22

Talking about being world leaders in areas where we still have difficulty attaining basic competence and centers of excellence that fail almost every test.Plus ugly women who consider themselves gorgeous and obnoxious dickhead guys who think they are hilarious and lovable.

opti0nal

Crooked Jack wrote: »

How has nobody corrected this yet?

Quite debatable. Original recipe devised in Ireland but the modern Guinness beer is not the same recipe as the original. Then there's the anti-Catholic rules of the company until 1939, not very Irish. And the fact that it's been in foreign ownership for a very long time.

Modern Guinness itself is made in 60 different breweries and what you get can vary from country to country.

It's as unique and Irish as its very good marketing.

LiamMc

LiamMc wrote: »

The brand Bulmers cider.



Black Pudding

White Pudding

Red Lemonade

So things we think are Irish but aren't? As a matter of interest where else in the world have you come across red lemonade? Outside of Ireland I've never seen it anywhere.

Also, you cannot buy black/white pudding in UK supermarkets anymore. Sure, you can get it served up to you in pubs/cafes/restaurants as part of a breakfast, but WTF they buy it is beyond me because it's been removed from the shelves in all major supermarkets. No idea why. Last time I saw it in a shop was in a luxury food store in Piccadilly selling Clonakilty black&white for £6 sterling a roll!

fasttalkerchat

Most traditional musical instruments.

Tucking Fypo

Back to roundabouts:

Chewing gum roundabouts.

Wee Willy Harris

Tucking Fypo wrote: »

Back to roundabouts:

Chewing gum roundabouts.

I see what you did there, cunning stunt

MadsL

Reading the thread title arseways and answering a different question.

Getting pissed.

Irish bars.

trodsky

Fat people
Red hair
Ugly people

Timfy

White pudding has always been rare enough in the UK but as far as black pudding goes, my last trip to a UK Tesco a few days back disagrees with you on the black!

Deleted User wrote: »

Also, you cannot buy black/white pudding in UK supermarkets anymore.

dpe

CJC999 wrote: »

Driving a car registered in another country on the roads here.

Ireland is the only place this happens. No where else would tolerate it. Blaming VRT or high road tax is a pathetic excuse for blatant disregard for the law.

Nonsense. You get tons of foreign-registered cars in the UK. Spend five minutes in central London and you'll see what I'm talking about.

augustus gloop

rory mc illory
eddie irvine
glasgow celtic football club
the fastest game in the world sh*te talk

summerskin

Deleted User wrote: »

So things we think are Irish but aren't? As a matter of interest where else in the world have you come across red lemonade? Outside of Ireland I've never seen it anywhere.

Also, you cannot buy black/white pudding in UK supermarkets anymore. Sure, you can get it served up to you in pubs/cafes/restaurants as part of a breakfast, but WTF they buy it is beyond me because it's been removed from the shelves in all major supermarkets. No idea why. Last time I saw it in a shop was in a luxury food store in Piccadilly selling Clonakilty black&white for £6 sterling a roll!

Nonsense. Black puddings are available everywhere. Bury, in Lancashire, is where you will get the best black puddings in the world. There are shops there that sell black pudding and nothing else.

People in Bury eat so much black pudding that the local hospital had to stop taking stool samples for medical tests because there was always blood in the stool as a result, thus making the test results inconclusive.

cloud493

Deleted User wrote: »

So things we think are Irish but aren't? As a matter of interest where else in the world have you come across red lemonade? Outside of Ireland I've never seen it anywhere.

Also, you cannot buy black/white pudding in UK supermarkets anymore. Sure, you can get it served up to you in pubs/cafes/restaurants as part of a breakfast, but WTF they buy it is beyond me because it's been removed from the shelves in all major supermarkets. No idea why. Last time I saw it in a shop was in a luxury food store in Piccadilly selling Clonakilty black&white for £6 sterling a roll!

I've seen red lemonade in the USA./