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Dirt Bags
Good news for literalists: Now Irish Americans (and anyone else who wants in) can always have a part of the Motherland with them.
08.12.07
Get ready to ask why you didn't think of this first. Pat Burke and Alan Jenkins are selling dirt in small plastic bags for $15. The dirt is from Ireland, and the customers are from everywhere else. Ex-pats can now have a fistful of the "auld sod" tossed on their caskets. One Manhattan lawyer paid $100,000 to be buried in it. Another man is building the only house in Massachusetts on Irish soil. There's even a rising Asian market for shamrock seeds, which come included.
<p>Since their November, 2006 launch, the <a href="http://officialirishdirt.com/" mce_href="http://officialirishdirt.com/" target="_blank"><b>Auld Sod Export Company</b></a> has shipped almost $2 million worth of soil worldwide. "When the Irish immigrated to America," said Burke, "they brought everything with them: religion, culture, tradition. Everything except Mother Earth. Now they can be reconnected." What about the Asian market? "For luck. They're very superstitious."</p><p><b>LEARN MORE</b> <a href="http://officialirishdirt.com" mce_href="http://officialirishdirt.com" title="Official Irish Dirt">officialirishdirt.com </a><br/></p>
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