An Irish New Year: make your own luck 🍀

[@katechadbournebard]

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[@larafields3106]

My dad, in his 80's, used to say "its a good day... I woke up!" 😄 So, I'll borrow that.

[@katechadbournebard]

Wonderful! A great bit of clarity to carry forward and thank you for sharing it with us here!

[@natalie73animals]

It's a good sign of the new year when a bird flies by the window being sure to leave a dropping on the porch as evidence. This year will be good because it started with fourteen deer in the front yard. Both things happened on this January 1st morning. The squirrels and chipmunks also made an appearance. I love them all!

[@adventurecreations3214]

I love that I can sit in my Kentucky kitchen on the first evening of 2025 and listen to you bring positivity into my home. May that message bless you as well.

[@katechadbournebard]

You are so lovely and I feel I just sat in your Kentucky kitchen with you. Happy New Year!

[@adventurecreations3214]

@katechadbournebard Me too! ❤️

[@TheresaVaccaro-h4s]

Of Italian heritage, we always ate pork so I continue that tradition I love a year of laughter & love Happy New Year Kate

[@francesjoubert8842]

Compliments of the season Kate! It's a good sign for 2025 that weeded my garden after good rains and many hot and dry months. I also weeded my heart from too much negative energy and thoughts!

[@OwlPowerCreations]

sharing my little rhyme. I say this this frequently. It reminds me to be lucky then the good stuff can find me ..... The rhyme goes like this: Lucky I am, lucky me. Good luck sure does hang out with me ... 🦉

[@katechadbournebard]

That is BRILLIANT! Thank you for sharing that here with us. I'm borrowing it for sure!

[@OwlPowerCreations]

@@katechadbournebard Excellent! Yes, please do utilize the rhyme :o)

[@marylynch951]

Thank you Katie I am of Irish blood Happy New year God bless

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year to you, too!

[@SylviaBenedum]

It’s a good sign on New Year’s Day to pick up my paint brushes and work on a creative project. It’s also a good sign to watch your video on New Year’s Day. Thank you, Dear Kate.

[@katechadbournebard]

I'm delighted, and well done on painting on the first day of the year. Talk about setting the momentum of good things to come!

[@partieofthefirst]

it's a sign for a good new year when a video from Kate is one of the first to show up on the magic screen

[@katechadbournebard]

You are so kind and I am tickled. Thank you, thank you!

[@judycassidy3786]

Yes, thank you, lovely, establishing a momentum, redesign in our favor. Take symbolic action. Yes. Thank you. Topmost, laughter and love!

[@katechadbournebard]

You got it perfectly. Happy New Year!

[@TPforangie]

I embrace that this year will be full of good luck, laughter, and love 💕 Thank you Kate for this positive way to bless this new year!

[@katechadbournebard]

That’s a beautiful vision for 2025, thank you. Every blessing to you, too! ☘️

[@tasha24-7]

Its a good sign.... the best sign of all actually ...if you are blessed to come across advice telling you that all of your omens are good ones.... as it is spoken so shall it be.... blessings and love to all.... and thank for being my good omen 💚

[@katechadbournebard]

Tasha, I am aglow with delight about your kind words! You are obviously a beacon of good luck and kindness. Thank you so much and Happy New Year!

[@tasha24-7]

@katechadbournebard 🌺

[@mrs.g.9816]

It's a good sign for the new year when a loving relative makes a surprise visit on New Year's Day! We spent some time eating snacks, listening to Christmas music, talking, and laughing out loud. I'd like to think my symbolic actions that will carry through 2025 is laughter and hugs. Happy New Year, Kate! 🎉❤

[@lorrainedelehanty6428]

It’s a good sign for the new year here in Minnesota when the temperature is zero , it encourages me to invite my neighbors for home baked scones, tea and warm conversation . Happy new year dear Kate.

[@katechadbournebard]

Oh, that sounds heavenly. I'll be right over! :) Thank you and wishing you so many convivial moments in 2025!

[@lorrainedelehanty6428]

@@katechadbournebardThe invitations are out and the ingredients gathered.. It’s true that we can make things happen. How very welcome you would be Kate. ❤

[@magnificantmile]

It's a good sign of a New Year to listen to this video and speak to my daughter and granddaughter.

[@katechadbournebard]

That IS a good sign!

[@LS-yk5zd]

Kate, wonderful ideas to start the new year. Today, Jan 1, 2025 is raining where I live which means that I will have a productive vegetable garden this year🍅 So, today I am sitting down and planning out my garden per seasons and the steps I will take to acheive it. Thanks so much for sharing your videos. Happy New Year!

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year to you and to your wonderful garden! 🍅🍀

[@juanelllemon4833]

It’s a good year when I start my morning with a hot drink and fire. Enjoying comfort warmth and peace. May your year be full of blessings

[@katechadbournebard]

You are wise and clear-eyed. Thank you for your blessings!

[@avanleek.starre3485]

It is a good sign when a friend drives me to have Sushi on a non rainy day.😊

[@katechadbournebard]

You really get it. It's all a good sign - but definitely Sushi with a friend!

[@bernadettecassidy3620]

Happiest of happy New Year 2025 to you Kate! May you be blessed with an abundance of beauty all about you😊 On New Year’s morning I have learned to look at myself in the mirror, eye to eye and to say aloud that ‘I AM the illuminating Presence in my life”, acknowledging the divine within me and, of course, all of us. ‘I AM’ being one of the most sacred names of God . Namaste 💛

[@LJPonti]

Watching this post is the best way to start the New Year that I can think of ! :)

[@katechadbournebard]

You are THE BEST. Thank you with all my heart for your light, my friend!

[@wtrclr83]

Happy New Year 2025 to all. 2024 was a good year. A trip all around Ireland in September (great time to go) was part of it. This channel, Kate, has been a good part of it, Thank you! 💚 🇨🇦

[@katechadbournebard]

I'm delighted and honored. Thank you and wishing you more goodness in 2025!

[@nancygould9478]

Love, laughter, luck and kindness to you! Thanks for this!🎉🎶🌻🙏💐

[@katechadbournebard]

Thank you for your wonderful blessings. I'm sending you happiness and a wonderful cup of tea and a light hear for 2025! 💐

[@riverbilly64]

1.1.2025 - Listening from Central Kentucky. We had some of these superstitions where I grew up.

[@katechadbournebard]

Oooo, thank you for telling us. That's so cool!

[@margolovesflowers]

It’s a good sign for the new year to take a nap!

[@katechadbournebard]

Amen to that!

[@WendyInCollingwood]

🎉 It’s a good sign when you magically showed up on New Year’s Day, in my feed ! Wishing Everyone Abundant Prosperity In 2025 🌬️🥰

[@katechadbournebard]

So glad you're here with us and thank you for your New Year's blessing which is a GEM!

[@laurastraus4981]

It’s a good sign for the New Year to eat my own homemade bread for breakfast! Thank you for your teaching, your smile, and your heartwarming ideas!

[@katechadbournebard]

That's a lovely way to bring in the new year, and I'll be right over for a slice and a cuppa! :) Wishing you many beautiful loaves and happy mornings in 2025!

[@lindigrindi1408]

It’s a good sign to have snow, rain, wind, and sunshine all on a New Year’s morning…This morning I began to teach myself the divination of Runes. Fehi, from the first cycle of Freya, the Goddess of Enchantment, represents portable wealth. May it be a year of emotional and spiritual abundance and the movable wealth that is our ability to create beauty wherever we find ourselves.

[@katechadbournebard]

Brilliant! I love how you put that: "the moveable wealth that is our ability to create beauty wherever we find ourselves." This IS the real wealth. Thank you for seeing it and framing it so clearly!

[@romjay9689]

Subha Aluth Avurudhak! ( sinhalese for Happy New Year ) My daughter and i enjoy listening to your stories and Irish Traditions .. Smiles .. from CT

[@katechadbournebard]

Thank you, and a wonderful new year to you and your daughter!

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Blessed New Year to you🌹

[@katechadbournebard]

Every blessing to you, too! 🌹

[@seamusoc6621]

A very Happy New Year to you, Kate, you are a Blessing to all us , Irish people.

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year to you, Sean, and thank you so much for your kindness!

[@kimberlybeck4542]

It's a good sign when my family came together yesterday and shared that Christmas Eve at my house this year was the best one ever!

[@katechadbournebard]

That’s wonderful - definitely a good sign!

[@kimberlybeck4542]

Kate, I just finished watching your video and can add to my original comment. The New Year started with love and laughter which will continue every day through the year. Thank you so much for the gifts you bring!

[@katechadbournebard]

@@kimberlybeck4542 what a blessing- a year of love and laughter. Wishing you joy of it!

[@cynthiahamblin-perry5880]

Thanks for sharing the ideas. Love hearing your voice and seeing your face - You could be a cousin - your features remind me of my Mother's Tipperary family - all long dead but so many happy memories visiting with them and hearing the stories. I get a little teary when I watch your videos - the older I get the more emotional I get! Thank you and Happy New Year.

[@karenellis4488]

Same here! I so appreciate these.

[@katechadbournebard]

I feel that, too. Things move me more and mean more to me the older I get. I'm so grateful to you for your kind words and I'm honored to my boots to remind you of your family. Thank you, a chara!

[@judycassidy3786]

Happy New Year with you as well, Kate! Thank you for what you bring us at this fresh new year. I love the pipers of the hearth. The river. The wind. Lovely oracles.

[@katechadbournebard]

You're most welcome - so glad you're feeling the magic. The way you’ve encapsulated this is a POEM!

[@margomcguire7167]

Love your positive take on all these traditions.

[@katechadbournebard]

Thank you!

[@Marie-yx5ie]

Love it, thank you 👍😉🇨🇮☘️Eire

[@katechadbournebard]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@geraldrafferty5485]

HAPPY NEW YEAR , KATE FROM SOUTH AFRICA 🌹

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year to you, too, my friend! 🎉

[@daggy1778]

Dear Kate......first of all..................HAPPY NEW YEAR............................. I,ve been celebrating the nights of fire since 25.dec...........I also draw a rune every day...till to 6.1...............my sign is the spiral that is open at the top so that the energy can fall in..........Blessings and Greetings and thank you for another beautiful video..............Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year, magical Daggy! Wishing you every JOY in 2025!

[@lindascallon8960]

Happy New Year! I watched your video, so it is going to be a good year!

[@katechadbournebard]

That's absolutely delightful and I thank you! Wishing you every blessing in 2025!

[@marydenos5919]

It's a good sign to have thunderstorms on New Years!

[@karenellis4488]

I love thunderstorms! They bring such energy and also a sense of calm reassurance that I can't explain.

[@katechadbournebard]

Love that!

[@jenniferchavez3652]

awesome !

[@avanleek.starre3485]

Happy New Year Kate from green Vancouver

[@wtrclr83]

🇨🇦 🎉

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year to you, too, in green Vancouver!🍀

[@wtrclr83]

@@katechadbournebard Vancouver Island here...like Ireland, also 'forty shades of green', as the song goes! 💚🎶

[@firinntraighean3846]

It’s a Good sign of a Great New Year with a Beautiful 🌅 at the beach👩‍🎨🐥

[@katechadbournebard]

That’s a lovely way to start the New Year! ☘️

[@ccbarr58]

Happy New Year! Just saw a2013 video of you singing poetry. It was wonderful!

[@katechadbournebard]

Oh, you've officially made my WEEK. Thank you so much!

[@ccbarr58]

@@katechadbournebard aw shucks...

[@davidcalder9398]

And a happy new year to you as well Kate. Emmanuelle!

[@katechadbournebard]

Thank you and wishing you a marvelous year!

[@emakelley6807]

Well, a dark haired man gave me a kiss at midnight so I suppose I should remember he's good luck for me (my children's father). Is black a lucky color in Ireland? I'm thinking of bog cats being good luck. I have a black cat as well so I must be extra lucky huh 😜 Both of them pains in the you know.

[@katechadbournebard]

Love it! As for black - it's a mixed bag. But in your case, absolutely good luck!

[@Myram33]

❤

[@SusannaYeakelDominguezES]

It's a good sign to have 70 degrees and sunny outside!

[@katechadbournebard]

Fantastic - basking!!!

[@joanramsey4002]

Oh my! The rising of the rivers - we've had large scale flooding in Greater Manchester, England on New Year's Day. Praying for them to get their houses, cars & lives back to normality soon.

[@katechadbournebard]

Oh, I hope you and all your neighbors are safe and well!

[@joanramsey4002]

@@katechadbournebard Thank you.❤

[@BetsiMandrioli]

Thank you Mer Cait, interesting traditions, I especially like the First Footing and how it’s seems the complete opposite of a long held tradition about when a black cat crosses your path! And it’s a good sign on New Year’s Eve, if you get Covid, because all the extra pounds of Christmas indulging will magically disappear in no time! 🤣

[@katechadbournebard]

O a chara dhil, that’s definitely looking on the bright side. Hope you are already on the mend and a second wave of celebration awaits you! ❤️

[@Jacqui7665]

Happy New Year to you and yours! I’m going to say a good luck sign for the new year is when a fair haired bhean feasa speaks Gaelic to you, you’re going to have a wonderful year. ☘️🥳

[@katechadbournebard]

Ah, that brings a wonderful smile. Thank you, and I'm wishing for you the best year of your life so far!

[@lauracastor3713]

It's a good sign for the new year when the quinoa dish you baked for a brunch falls onto the floor as you gingerly remove it from the oven. I think that has something to do with welcoming the unexpected!

[@katechadbournebard]

That's a wonderful take on this occurrence and I think you're right!

[@tchirfullmoon8921]

If you get to stay in your Jammies all day

[@katechadbournebard]

I'll say!!! :)

[@janetmore351]

I was taught to always hold a glass of something to drink and a plate with something to eat at the stroke of 12. Also a dark headed man bringing fuel for the fire. If it was a red headed woman woe betide. Thanks Kate as always, may your New Year be filled with laughted ❤

[@katechadbournebard]

Interesting! That food and drink sounds like a way to ensure plenty. May I ask: Who taught you that? Thank you for sharing this with us here and for your good wishes. I’m wishing you the very best of drink and food and the flower of good company, laughter and love!

[@janetmore351]

@@katechadbournebard If I remember rightly...think it must have been my mother. There was something about the fire or a piece of wood x

[@janetmore351]

Hi Kate, On further reflection, thinking about my mother. She was very superstitious about a lot of things. Her Irish blood came from her father and her mother was Welsh. I know her mother was another extraordinary women, not only was she superstitious but had the ability to predict future events. I have a very open mind on those subjects. Tonight is a New moon which reminded me to, " turn over my money in my pockets "😉

[@janetmore351]

Well 4 day old moon, thought it would be fun to add the superstition anyway.

[@SylviaHarke]

I love your Videos.... 🪶🦜

[@katechadbournebard]

Thank you, Sylvia. That means the world to me!

[@karenellis4488]

That’s interesting that a warm winter bodes death but crickets bode a kind of abundance or life because crickets “sing” up to a certain temperature-around 50F I think. A warm interior in winter though is certainly an aspect of abundance.

[@katechadbournebard]

Wow, that's fascinating - thank you!!!

[@norena6660]

I made a drawing this morning that was horrible. It will be a good year!😀

[@katechadbournebard]

BRAVO for being IN IT - in progress, doing things, exploring. That's a great start to the New Year!

[@janicefitzpatricksimmons4514]

It's a great New Year. The day was quiet and there was plenty in the house. The light was noticeably growing and it was cold and the fire going.

[@katechadbournebard]

Hooray for the returning light! I love what you're noticing and cherishing in your world. Beautiful, my friend.

[@CindymeCindy]

Just found you on New Years. Happy to meet you.

[@katechadbournebard]

I'm so happy to meet you, too. Happy New Year!

[@karenellis4488]

My mother always made pork tenderloin and fried cabbage in bacon fat for New Years. Always put a dime (once silver long ago) in the cabbage for luck to whomever got it on their plate. It never felt like a strong thing to me but certainly shows the transmission of some tradition from generations past.

[@katechadbournebard]

Yes, it does. So cool to see how those traditions shapeshift and persist in new forms. Luck never goes out of style!

[@geraldinecatterson610]

Go mbeirimid uilig beo ar an am seo arís. (May we all be alive this time next year.)

[@katechadbournebard]

Sonas ort, a chara!

[@nephra.extraterrestrial]

Happy new year, Kate and everyone reading this! ✨ My dad has black hair and he'll come by tomorrow, making him the first to cross my threshold in the new year. Lucky me! Also; it's a good sign for the new year to drink your favourite beverage first thing! I had coffee. :)

[@katechadbournebard]

Happy New Year to you and your black haired and LUCKY dad!

[@emmatarn]

Learning Irish from you sounds so much fun ✨ But I could never afford it, since I’ve never had a job and probably never will. The cost of the language course is the same amount I live on for a month. But that's how it is 💔

[@katechadbournebard]

Dear Emma, I want you to know how glad I am that you are here with us. I also want you to know that there are lots of ways we CAN dance together this year. 1. I have a whole treasure trove of free workshops, classes, and books on this page: www.katechadbourne.com/free-teaching-and-gifts/ 2. If you join my newsletter community, I sometimes offer free classes and gatherings, and I love to give gifts to my friends there. Here's a link to sign up (and no pressure here - just another way to stay connected): eepurl.com/cb8BLn 3. Every April I teach an entirely FREE poetry workshop right here on KZbin. Poets can share their work and there are prizes and lots of celebrations. You would be so welcome to join in the fun! I'm wishing you every blessing in this new year.

[@brendasutton7156]

I know there is a transcription of these videos, but it murders the Irish. Is there any way you could add the Irish you use in so we can see how the words are spelled and then compare them to your pronunciation, le do thoil?

[@katechadbournebard]

I have so much to learn about how to edit videos so that the words can show up on screen as I speak them, BUT just in case it's helpful, I always put the Irish language phrases and proverbs in the note below the video (along with any key sources I used). I know that's not as helpful, but while I'm learning, at least you can check those. Thank you for asking this, and I'll see what I can do about learning this new skill.