Ok lets get this story strait! I'm a yank first generation. Born to Irish parents and married to an Irishman. Although I have Scots blood as well, I am the only non Irish on one side of family. Haggis is a scott thing, not irish! On Paddy's day Irish eat food... They have a dish you would only get in a home(nothing fancy), called bacon and cabbage. Personally I like mine w/ parsley sauce (sometimes smuggled into america). From the Italians to the Irish everyone across the globe corned (salted) their food, due to lack of fridgeration. The Irish weren't any different. The next thing one must consider is social standing... If a women of higher means requseted meat she would not receive a lower bill but a better cut. My dad once said that when an individual sent a cow for slaughter in the 30's Ireland the butcher announced it. Also on the side she received a better cut... anyway.... the dish is pork not cow... I have never had corned beef with cabbage although I'm american. Its always some kind of pork. this is a yank myth...So forget Haggis...its for scots... Lamb, Erin soups, (god forgive those who use, bisto), flake, Cidona... My nephews are now learing yanky things