From Staff and Wire Reports
1102 BAR & GRILL: All Night Happy Hour $2 domestic, $2.50 import, $2.25 well drinks; Edison Project performing; (706) 364-4075
METRO A COFFEEHOUSE: St. Patty's Day Bash 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., $2.50 Guinness pints, $2.50 green beer pints, $5 Bushmills shots, $5 Jameson Irish whiskey shots, (706) 722-6468
THE BEE'S KNEES: Wine bottles half off, $1 off glasses of wine, Happy Hour 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. with $2.75 draft and $3.50 sangrias; (706) 828-3600
THE SOUL BAR: St. Patty's Day DJ; no cover; (706) 724-8880; www.soulbar.com
THE PLAYGROUND: $3.50 Irish car bombs; Dirty Sons of Ireland performing at 8 p.m.; (706) 724-2232
STILL WATER TAP ROOM: $2.50 pints; (706) 826-9857
THE LOFT: $3 Bushmills, $4 Bastard Son shots, $3 Guinness Imperial 20 oz. pints, $5 Irish car bombs, karaoke; (706) 828-6600
JOE'S UNDERGROUND: The Mason Jars performing at 8 p.m.; (706) 724-9457
SPEAK GAELIC
"Dia duit"
SAY IT: djiah gwich
MEANING: Good day
"Ta' tart orm"
SAY IT: tah tart orum
MEANING: I'm thirsty
"Slainte"
SAY IT: sloynta, or, slaan-cheh
MEANING: Cheers
"Eirinn go Brach"
SAY IT: erin guh brawk
MEANING: Ireland forever
"Ta' me' ar meisce"
SAY IT: tah-may air meeish-kah
MEANING: I'm drunk
"Ta' gra' agam duit"
SAY IT: tah grah ugum ditch
MEANING: I love you
"Ca' bhfuil an seomra folctha?"
SAY IT: cah hwill un shome-rah folk ha?
MEANING: Where is the bathroom?
"Slan"
SAY IT: shlahn
MEANING: Goodbye
Sources: www.irish-sayings.com, english.glendale.cc.ca.us/gaelic.html
BROAD STREET CRAWL RULES
1. Pinch anyone not wearing green.
2. Punch anyone who pinches you if you're wearing green and they didn't see it.
3. C'mon, wear green.
4. Speak like a leprechaun and include phrases such as "Top of the mornin' to ye!"
5. Describe your Irish heritage to anyone within earshot.
6. Do a jig or riverdance from pub to pub.
7. Add "Mc" to the start of your last name, even if your last name already starts with Mc. Example: John McSmith or John McMcDougal.
-- Augusta Chronicle staff
