top of the morning

Origin: A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). [[File:Rainbow Leprechaun.png|thumb|A jovial leprechaun, stereotypically linked with the phrase "top of the morning!"''.]]. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).