Last night we trapped a leprechaun who sneaked inside our door We knew we'd snagged the elfin thief when we heard his squeaky roar. I tip toed downstairs carefully, prepared to call my niece Who'd showed me how to snare a sprite; she rigged it piece by piece. "We've got him now," I thought I'd [...]
Tag: St. Patrick’s Day
A toast to St. Cyril and a wee bit of blarney
In a misguided effort to stump my sister in-law, elderly Mr. Callahan stopped her at the door of their Manhattan apartment building on March 18 several years ago. "Guess what today is?" he asked. Having just received the annual reminder phone call from her fun-loving father, Nancy didn’t hesitate. "St. Cyril day," she said, "Of [...]