Tuesday Cuppa Tea for St. Patrick's Day, Shelley Irish Teacups, Irish Scones, Dublin Ireland

Welcome to a St. Patrick's Day post of Tuesday Cuppa Tea!  First of all...see my new header? I had a friend, Debbi of Cottage Rose Graphics make it for me. I love it!  I have also put it on my Facebook page at Antiques And Teacups and here is my new Tuesday Cuppa Tea blog meme button:

So here's wishing you a Happy St. Patrick's Day, because today...everyone's Irish!

My teacup today is really three Shelley Irish themed ones...

An early Shelley from the Late Foley period, meaning they were producing at their Foley pottery (Foley is a district of Stoke-on-trent) between 1908 and 1916. The pattern is of course, Shamrock, and it is in the Bute shape.  This is from my archives.

Then we have the later version of Shamrock in the Dainty shape, made between 1940 and 1966 when the pottery closed. Same pattern, different era and shape. But still so Irish!  Available at Antiques And Teacups.

And lastly a Shelley landscape design called Old Ireland that was made for the Canadian market. This teacup is  in the Cambridge shape and was made 1940-1966. From my archives. Shelley does so many wonderful teacups!

This month's Tea Time magazine had this lovely photo of a Belleek, Ireland teaset. I don't have that, but I do have a Belleek Shamrock creamer, sugar and...an eggcup!

This is the time of year I always remember Ireland. I was last there a couple of years ago but in early May. And, being Dublin...we had to visit the home of my husband's favorite beverage....

The Guinness Storehouse, as it's called, is a big tourist attraction as well as a working brewery and pub. I am not a beer drinker, let alone a stout drinker, so can't stand it. But my husband was raised with it...I do not say that inadvisedly, as Guinness was touted as pretty well a cure for anything, and even suggested for children. As my husband was an asthmatic, sickly child, he was given it as a child. This was an ad board from the time...

Amazing now...but then Coca Cola with the original cocaine ingredient was touted as that as well...as well as radium laced water and medications at one time, so...no surprise..But I digress...when he went to Guinness, I did what any red blooded American woman in Dublin would do...head to Grafton Street and go shopping!

Brown Thomas is a department store with a wonderful tea room...but I didn't think to take photos...and no selfies! I guess I was way beyond the times...to confess, can't get into selfies today either!

I found I had a little Irish cookbook...

This is A Little Irish Cookbook by John Murphy and here is the illustration by Karen Bailey of the Irish scones...

I made them, but made the in wedges which is our favorite...

Here is the simple recipe:

2 cups self raising flour
3 tbs butter
1/2 cup milk...I use almond milk
pink of salt and I added 2 tbs of dried currants

Sieve the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter quickly and lightly with the fingertips. Add the salt and then using a round bladed knife, mix in the milk a little at a time.  With floured hands knead lightly to a soft dough, adding a bit more milk if necessary. Roll out evenly to about 1 finger thick on a floured board. Cut out and cook on a greased cookie sheet close to the top of a pre-heated oven at 425 degrees for 12-15 minutes.  They are best eaten for tea and do not store well.

I also tried my hand at cupcake decorating. A friend was coming for tea, and I had seen something like this so I got brave and tried. There are little shamrock shaped sprinkles on to of the icing I piped on in 2 colors on a yellow cake base. I was so proud of myself! They didn't go stale, so I guess that they passed the test!

I just realized lots of things got left off this post...didn't save and publish...including a blog list and an invitation to visit Sandi for her tea....

Terri~  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/ 
Teacup Tuesday

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Teatime Tuesday

Celia ~ http://www.attitudeivlife.blogspot.com/

Tea With Celia

Kathy~  http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/
Victoria - A Return to Loveliness

Martha~  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ 

Tea On Tuesday
Miss Kathy ~http://www.thewritersreverie.com/

Tuesday Tea

Beth ~ http://agardenersart.blogspot.com/

Tea Cup Tuesday

 Just A Little Southern Hospitality ~ http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/

Tea On Tuesday

Michelle ~ http://www.finchrest.com/

Tea On Tuesday

Lady B & Dame Ruthie ~ http://ladybstimefortea.blogspot.com/

Time For Tea

Nancy ~ http://twocottagesandtea.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Tea Time

Phyllis ~ http://www.relevanttealeaf.blogspot.com/

Tea On Tuesday

Bernideen’s ~ http://blog.bernideens.com/

Tea In The Garden Tuesday

Judith ~ http://lavendercottagegardening.blogspot.ca/

Lavender Cottage  Tea Time

Pam ~http://texas-tea-party.blogspot.com/

Tea In Texas

Pamela ~ http://playingwithmycamera.blogspot.ca/

Playing With My Camera Teatime           

Beverley ~ http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Tuesday Blog Shop

Shawn ~ http://poetryinapotoftea.blogspot.com/

Poetry In A Pot Of Tea

 Ivy And Elephants ~http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/

What’s It Wednesday                                           

Sandi  ~  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com

Home On Wednesday

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