Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (1944)

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Saturday 9: Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (1944)
 
Selected because this Wednesday is St. Patrick's Day. Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here.
   
1) Bing Crosby sings that he learned this song from his mother. Can you recall a song from your early childhood?   This one.  I remember Perry Como singing it but not Bing Crosby.
 
2) Bing was NBC's first choice to play TV's Columbo. He turned down the role because, by that time, he was in his 60s and just didn't feel like working a full week anymore. Peter Falk eventually got the part and played Det. Columbo for 10 seasons. Do you enjoy detective stories, whether on TV, in movies or in books? Interesting factoid about Columbo.  And, yes, I do like detective stories.  I like all sorts of puzzles, and that's pretty much what detective stories are.
 
3) Bing could trace his family back to County Cork. While it's said that on St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish, can you honestly claim Irish heritage?  Yes, though the McCoy's (McCay's) had migrated to Ireland in 1765 or so, after building a small fleet of boats, and then left for America sometime there after, settling in the Cumberland Gap area.  

Mother told me that we are Scot's Irish, but it was well known that the clans used to travel back and forth.  Sometimes they are called, "Black Irish", which I could never figure out, other than maybe they had black hair. 

My grandmother had black hair, like a raven's wing, and great big Blue eyes.  Mr. Z is one quarter Irish - "off the boat", they say, and his grandmother's family settling in New York. ;o) The Scot's are related to the Picts.  The Picts are still alive and well, and living in Americkee...Speaking of the Picts and the Scots, even the Vikings were a little afraid of them.. Isn't it fun to find out that at least some of your ancestors were BADASS?  Read about it HERE 
 
4) Other than St. Patrick, what is Ireland famous for? Whiskey? lol   And woven wools.

 5) "The wearing o' the green" is one way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Will you wear something green in honor of the day?  I always do.

6) Have you ever had green beer?  I've had it once.  It really wasn't that special.

7) Have you ever ordered a Shamrock Shake from McDonald's? Never eat there.

8) A four-leaf clover is considered good luck. Do you have a lucky charm?  No. But it's interesting that my mother could find four leaf clovers like nobodies business. I'm sure she could also have found needles in haystacks.

9) Speaking of Lucky Charms, they are magically delicious.  What brand of cereal is in your kitchen right now?  Nice try. 😍  We don't eat, and hardly EVER ate, branded cereals. We still eat rolled oats though. 
 

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Thank you Sam, for this fun MEME every Saturday.  

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