“May you be in heaven thirty minutes before the devil knows you’re dead”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Irish wit!

I interpret this as; “I hope you go straight to heaven, without delay, because if the devil knows that you have died, he’ll take you to hell first and forever.” Like PP mentioned, the implication is that the person isn’t a living, flawless saint and therefore isn’t immediately a candidate for heaven (maybe even will go to purgatory) so the hope is you’ll safely reach heaven before the devil can take you to hell.

Yep! When I was little, my mom had a special coffee mug with this saying on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s an Irish saying. Another good one is “ May those who love us, love us, and those who don’t may God turn their hearts, and if he does not turn their hearts let him turn their ankles so we will know them by their limping“ lol.

I love this one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone break this down for me. What does it mean exactly? It seems to be an Irish saying.

Good lord! Did you go beyond 3rd grade? It's an Irish toast meaning that you get to heaven before the devil gets you for whatever sins you may have committed. In my opinion, ignorance is a sin!

[Anonymous]

I am guessing this saying means that even in Hell, you may have a bit of a grace period to atone for your sins in order to get out.

In other words > you may have the opportunity to have a second chance at redemption.

[Anonymous]

Scratch out “Even in Hell…..”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s an Irish saying. Another good one is “ May those who love us, love us, and those who don’t may God turn their hearts, and if he does not turn their hearts let him turn their ankles so we will know them by their limping“ lol.

That's awesome.

[Anonymous]

It means we’re killing the planet and it’s already to late to stop the damage we’ve done.

[Anonymous]

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead was such a great movie, btw.

[Anonymous]

Irish American friends...It's half hour not 30 minutes when grandma says it right? OP, where'd you see this?

[Anonymous]

I learned this one from an Irish coworker: "May a cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I learned this one from an Irish coworker: "May a cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat."

Hmmm. I understand the first one discussed here but help us out with this one.