Craic Me Up, Will You?
In honor of this weekend’s [tag]St. Patrick’s Day[/tag] festivities, we should look at the derivation of the word the Irish use to describe the event: craic. Craic is actually a Scottish or Ulster-Scottish word, but it applies. It means “good time” or “celebration,” or sometimes just to talk a lot.
From craic, we get the modern English usages, “crack me up,” and “crack a joke.”
Some Irish sayings include:
It was great craic.
She’s great craic when she gets going.
He’s great craic when he has a few pints on him.
What’s the craic?
How’s the craic?
The craic was mighty.
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