No tip this week... just a classic poem by a classic Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. Recite it tomorrow at your Irish pub, over that Guinness you're thinking about...

Sailing to Byzantium

Éirinn go brách

Everybody's Irish tomorrow. See if your Irish eyes are smilin' as you take a crack at our list o' words.

1. belleek: (a) a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die; (b) a very thin translucent porcelain with a lustrous pearly glaze produced in Ireland; (c) a usually large coracle used especially on the west coast of Ireland; (d) a square cap with three ridges on top worn by clergymen especially of the Roman Catholic Church.

2. ulster: (a) a long loose overcoat of Irish origin made of heavy material (as frieze); (b) Scottish & Irish: a parting drink; (c) a chunky piece of wood; (d) an artificial fortified island constructed in a lake or marsh originally in prehistoric Ireland and Scotland.

3. wirra: (a) one of an ancient Celtic priesthood appearing in Irish and Welsh sagas and Christian legends as magicians and wizards; (b) a tobacco pipe made from the root or stem of a European heath (Erica arborea); (c) any of the Irish-speaking regions remaining in Ireland; (d) Irish — usually used to express lament, grief, or concern.

4. ceilidh: (a) Scottish & Irish: a party with music, dancing, and often storytelling; (b) Scottish & Irish: a small sturdy workhorse; (c) a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark; (d) a knitted cotton fabric used especially for underwear or hosiery.

5. mavourneen: (a) yeast formed on fermenting malt liquors; (b) a narrow country lane; (c) chiefly Irish - used as an intensive or to express surprise; (d) Irish: my darling.

6. poteen: (a) a police officer in the Republic of Ireland; (b) chiefly Irish: an untidy slovenly person; (c) whiskey illicitly distilled in Ireland; (d) a member of a secret 19th century Irish and Irish-American organization dedicated to the overthrow of British rule in Ireland.

7. colcannon: (a) a Celtic especially Gaelic-speaking inhabitant of Ireland, Scotland, or the Isle of Man; (b) potatoes and cabbage boiled and mashed together with butter and seasoning; (c) chiefly Irish: RASCAL; (d) an Irish bagpipe with air supplied by a bellows held under and worked by the elbow.

8. spleuchan: (a) a shallow handheld Irish drum; (b) Scottish & Irish: a pouch especially for tobacco or money; (c) an eccentric notion; (d) a mischievous elf of Irish folklore usually believed to reveal the hiding place of treasure if caught.

9. hibernian: (a) of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or the Irish; (b) a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as an outlaw chiefly in the 17th century; (c) any of a breed of hardy rugged ponies developed in Ireland; (d) chiefly Irish & South African: an unlicensed or illegally operated drinking establishment.

10. lough: (a) a dialect or regional pronunciation; especially: an Irish accent; (b) chiefly Irish: a bay or inlet of the sea; (c) the monetary pound of Ireland; (d)plate armor covering the buttocks.

Here are the answers.  Are your Irish eyes smilin'?