A friend taught me this saying (which has lately been a very cathartic personal mantra!). She learned it from her Gaeilgeoir mother, but she learned it from her as Béarla.

Has anyone heard this saying before? (It's used in contexts like: Got turned down for that job you wanted? May all of the badness go with it.)

I have a strong suspicion it was originally in Irish, because of both its source and its phrasing, but I haven't been able to find any information.

Has anyone heard this before? Does anyone know it as Gaeilge (or have a suggestion how you would translate it)?

.... (It's used in contexts like: Got turned down for that job you wanted? May all of the badness go with it.)
I have a strong suspicion it was originally in Irish, ....

Bhí agus tá sé sa Ghaeilg ceart go leor a Julia:

(go dté)
Ár dtubaiste léi / leis ;
Ár gcuid den mhí-ádh léi / leis ;
Ár gcuid de mhí-ádh na bliana léi / leis ;

The first is in Ó Dónaill and is something like one in Seanfhocal Uladh (níl an leabhar sin liom faoi láthair) and others or their like can be heard anois is arís.

With the amount of plates and glasses that my baby sister
may have broken in her youth, we had plenty of good about the house!

A Sheosaimh,

grma! I *love* the saying and am happy to be able to say it as Gaeilge!


A Kevin,

hilarious. :) perhaps I can find a way to use it regarding all of the dents I've put in my parents' car...

Lucky for me I never broke the good dishes or I would have gone out to the curb along with the all the badness and mí-ádh!
Colleen