As a general rule of thumb, never cross an Irish woman.
And if her eyes narrow and start flashing, head for the pub.
"The days are coming when men will go mad, and when they meet a man who has kept his senses, will rise up against him, saying, 'You are mad, because you are not like us.' And I said, 'What can get us through such snares?' And then I heard a voice saying to me — humility.” Saint Anthony the Great, Abbot of Colzim Egypt, 251-356 AD