Only in Ireland
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
Rockingham, Australia
June 2, 2019 4:01pm CST
We’re now in Ireland and a few nights ago we attended a concert in a village church. Our son and his wife both belong to a choir. The choir has closed now until September and at their ‘end of year’ performance, they performed Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ among other works.
Our daughter-in-law was given a solo part and performed it very well. After the concert, the performers and audience gathered together in the church hall for a country supper. We were amused by the sign on the door which seemed to us very ‘Irish’.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
9 Jun 19
@snowy22315 a bit cryptic or perhaps having a hidden meaning.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
10 Jun 19
@JudyEv but in a manner which is either funny or sarcastic or may be with some other meaning.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
10 Jun 19
@JudyEv Irish people have been known to have a bigger sense of humor!
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
11 Jun 19
@JudyEv yeah there are tales of Irish humor.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Jun 19
Glad you got to attend the concert.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
2 Jun 19
what a treat fer ya'll to be there'n share those moments :) gigglin' o'er the sign myself, kinda need to read't a couple times to figure 'xactly what they mean, lol.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
9 Jun 19
So this place has to "behave" differently when it is a "building" and differently when it is a "Playschool"?
Strange indeed!
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
24 Aug 19
Hmmm... that's an interesting sign, Judy... especially when I just read this: "Across most of the planet it is doors that are "locked", but in Ireland it is one of the many ways to describe someone that is intoxicated, drunk, tipsy or plastered." Statement was found here:
That certainly doesn't make the sign easier to understand though... 
Many of our mannerisms have the potential to leave non-Irish natives confused, and maybe even offended
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
30 Aug 19
@JudyEv I'd never heard "locked" used that way, either! And I agree, I knew several of the other phrases, too. (The phrases everyone likes seem to make it around the entire world! 
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