Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral
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? I remember learning some nursery rhymes when I was young. Rock-a bye Baby stuff like that. My dad sang them to me.
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? I do enjoy movies and tv shows about detectives, but I do not enjoy reading them very much.
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? I am adopted and do not really know much about my heritage. I am going to do one of those tests one of these days. It would kill my mom if I did anything like that while she is still alive. She is so weird like that. If you have any recommendations for the heritage tests let me know.
4) Other than St. Patrick, what is Ireland famous for? It is famous to me for no snakes. Ok, how about potatoes? I don't know. It is beautiful there? How about beer? Ireland makes me think of green lush hills.
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? maybe. I have to go out that day and get my hair done.
6) Have you ever had green beer? I think I did in college.
7) Have you ever ordered a Shamrock Shake from McDonald's? I have! I worked there in high school and I had one then.
8) A four-leaf clover is considered good luck. Do you have a lucky charm? no
9) Speaking of Lucky Charms, they are magically delicious. What brand of cereal is in your kitchen right now? We have some honey nut cheerios. I do not eat much cereal though.
6) Have you ever had green beer? I think I did in college.
7) Have you ever ordered a Shamrock Shake from McDonald's? I have! I worked there in high school and I had one then.
8) A four-leaf clover is considered good luck. Do you have a lucky charm? no
9) Speaking of Lucky Charms, they are magically delicious. What brand of cereal is in your kitchen right now? We have some honey nut cheerios. I do not eat much cereal though.
Hi Lori, I have Ancestery.com and I had to go check and found 4% Irish. I did not know you were adopted. Did you know Wynne from Website days? She brought her site back. I got a tag from her and from Donna Harris. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI will check out Ancestry.
DeleteI do know Wynne! I am so excited she may come back to blogging.
I like your answer to #4 because, even though I've never been to Ireland, I think of lush, green hills, too.
ReplyDeleteRight? I bet it is beautiful!
DeleteThe Cardinals play on tv tonight...I am so excited. How are your Cubs doing? I can't wait for the season to start.
In all the years I have known you, I don't remember
ReplyDeleteyou ever saying you are adopted.
We have lots of cereals in our kitchen cabinet.
Have a good Saturday.
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I think I have mentioned it a few times here at my blog because of questions like this, but you must have missed it. :) It really isn' something I talk about much.
DeleteI worked at McDonald's in high school too. Loved reading your answers! Have a great Saturday!
ReplyDeleteYou too! ♥
DeleteI really liked your answers...I did not know you were adopted. My mil is adopted and my husband and brother in law did one of those 23 and Me...oh the adventure it has led us on...sigh.
ReplyDeleteI am going to look into it.
DeleteEven though we are not Irish my father always wanted corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes for St. Patrick's Day
ReplyDeleteI have never had that. Is it good?
DeleteHere's something it took me to learn. Get the Ancestry test. Just don't tell your mom. You have a right to know, and she doesn't want to know. She shouldn't be threatened. She raised a smart & extremely nice daughter...
ReplyDeleteI really do think I am going to do it and see what it says. You are right, I don't have to tell her. I like to share information I get excited about. I can share here with you all though. :)
DeleteI didn't know you were adopted! I agree with Bud, get the test. My mother would have gone to the grave and never told me who my father was. My son took it out of her hands by getting the test and it matched him up with family members. I asked her about the name. She told me about my father but that was probably as far as it would have gone had it not turned out my siblings were looking for me. Mom was not happy at first, but she's adapted to mostly indifference now. She knows they are a part of my life, but I don't drag her into it knowing how she feels. I'm really glad I went ahead with meeting them. If I had had to wait until my mom died and I found the truth in her safe, I would have most likely missed out on meeting my father. Do it while there still might be a chance.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking I will do it. Did you do ancestry.com or 23 and me?
DeleteI honestly just want to know who I look like. It is so weird not looking like anyone.
I think you should take the test. Like Bud says, your mom doesn't have to know.
ReplyDeleteTrue. I am going to look into it.
DeleteMy friend found two half siblings when she did the test from ancestry.com. It can be an eye opener...
ReplyDeleteI really want to know where I am from.
DeleteIreland is beautiful but the one in the group who knows this best, I think, is Kwizgiver.
ReplyDeleteGo ahead and get that test. This way your child will also know. Your mother will just have to accept it, but she need not know.
Happy St. Pat's Day!
Ireland is green like no place you can even imagine. :)
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