The little girl i babysit for, Jessie (four years old) is often the source of much wisdom. Here's one of our more recent conversations:
Jessie: I'm half Irish because Daddy's mostly Irish, and Mommy's everything else.
Me: so what's your other half?
Jessie: well, my middle name is Rose, so...i guess pretty.
A childhood belief about i'm different
others believed things like this
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys
- I used to believe that your belly button was what held your top half to your bottom half...— Debelouwho
- I used to think all people with green eyes were IrishAnon
- When i heard about Irish Bombers on the news during the 70s i used to think that planes were dropping bombs.— Moose
- I thought Marco Polo was Irish.
Mark O'Polo.— Claire Sparkes - when I was 6 years old i use to believe a catfish was half cat one fish.Anon