For St. Patricks Day.
Paddy had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition.
It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been
able to walk on water on their 18th birthday.
On that special day they had each walked across the lake to a pub on the far
side for their first legal drink.
So when Paddy's 18th birthday came 'round, he and his pal Mick took a boat
out to the middle of the lake. Paddy stepped out of the boat ...and nearly
drowned!
His pal Mick just barely managed to pull him to safety.
Furious and confused, Paddy went to see his grandmother.
'Grandma,' he asked 'It's my 18th birthday, so why can't I walk across the
lake like my father, his father, and his father before him?'
Granny looked deeply into Paddy's troubled eyes and said, 'Because your
father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all born in December when the
lake is frozen, and you were born in August, ya block head.'