Ireland
- A good Irish birthday present is to lift the birthday child upside down and gently thump his head on the floor for good luck, corresponding to his age+1
- The original Guinness Brewery in Dublin has a 9,000 year lease on it’s property, at a perpetual rate of 45 Irish pounds per year
- According to some historians, over 40% of all American presidents have had some Irish ancestry
- Muhammad Ali has some Irish blood. His great grandfather was born in Ennis, County Clare
- Ireland has the highest ratio of midwives per capita in the world
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Comment from Conor Kelly
that thing about picking kids up by the feet is news to me….. and i’m Irish
(admitadly i may have forgotten if i did indeed take several blows to the head once a year) but as far as i can tell this is bollix