 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1967 - 1644 pages
...committee. There is an old Irish saying which sums up our view of the nominees. It goes as follows : May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always...And may the Lord hold you in the hollow of His hand. Our feeling is, as we watch the legislative process from OUT vantage point in Northwest Washington,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia - 1967 - 294 pages
...committee. There is an old Irish saying which sums up our view of the nominees. It goes as follows: May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always...And may the Lord hold you in the hollow of His hand. Our feeling is, as we watch the legislative process from our vantage point in Northwest Washington,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - United States - 1972 - 1264 pages
...not too presumptiouSj I would like to close by reading for your benefit the oldest Gaelic blessing. May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warmly upon your face, may the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, may God hold... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - Finance, Public - 1972 - 2422 pages
...not too presumptions, I would like to close by reading for your benefit the oldest Gaelic blessing. May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warmly upon your face, may the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, may God hold... | |
 | United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter) - Presidents - 1977 - 1096 pages
...by giving a well-known toast, which Tip can recite verbatim: "May the road rise up to meet you, Tip. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine...face, and the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand, and may you be in heaven a half-hour... | |
 | Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 178 pages
...you're hungry, Champagne when you are dry, A great lover when you need one, And heaven when you die. • May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back, The sun shine warm upon your face, The rain fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again May... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...Woods, A Third Treasury of the Familiar, p. 644 (1970). Another version of this popular Irish blessing: May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always...your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, May the rain fall soft upon your fields, And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of... | |
 | Family & Relationships - 1994 - 278 pages
...harm while they are away, and bring them home again happily and safely. 260 A blessing for travellers May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always...your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his... | |
 | Torin M. Finser - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 260 pages
...and I then shared my wish for the class, expressed in the familiar Irish prayer: May the road rise up to meet you May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face And the rain fall soft upon your fields And until we meet again May God hold you In the palm of his hand. 218... | |
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May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back... 
