"Top of the morning!” is a morning greeting. A St. Patrick’s Day riddle is:
Q: What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
A: “Top of the moaning!”
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2001.
Kidsjokes.co.uk (June 14, 2001)
St Patricks Day Jokes
What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
‘Top o’ the moaning!”
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What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
Top o’ the moaning!” (Tiger)
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Q: What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
A: “Top o’ the moaning!”
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Q. What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
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3/17/10
Howdy!
What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
Top o’ the moaning to ya’!
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What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
‘Top o’ the moaning!
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St Patricks Day Jokes and Riddles For Kids
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What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
‘Top o’ the moaning!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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