Women are stronger than men, they do not die of wisdom.
It’s as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.
People live in each other’s shelter.
It’s bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged.
Pride feels no pain.
If you have a roving eye, it’s no use having the other one fixed on Heaven.
A poem ought to be well made at first, for there is many a one to spoil it afterwards.
Leave the bad tale where you found it.
The seeking for one thing will find another.
When the liquor was gone the fun was gone.
The seeking for one thing will find another.
An ounce of breeding is worth a pound of feeding.
A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
God’s mill may grind slowly, but it grinds finely.
Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter’s petticoat.
You kissed the blarney stone.
The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey
When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
Though the proverb is abandoned, it is not falsified.
Age is honorable and youth is noble.
Wherever there are women there’s talking, and wherever there’s geese there’s cackling
The English always credit the rest of us with the qualities they don’t need themselves.
The horse with the most scars is the one that highest kicks his rear.
When mistrust comes in, love goes out.
A soft dropping April brings milk to cows and sheep.
The smaller the cabin the wider the door.
May you have a bright future – as the chimney sweep said to his son. Irish Proverb
Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallions tail
Speed and accuracy do not agree.
A greyhound finds food in its feet.
Patience is a virtue that causes no shame
It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
Without pressing too little or too hard, hold tight the reins for he’s a fool who would not get value from a borrowed horse
A foolish woman knows a foolish man’s faults
What butter and whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.
Better for a man to have even a dog welcome him than a dog bark at him
A little pleases a poor man
Youth likes to wander.
Don’t break your shin on a stool that is not in your way.
A poor person is often worthy.
It’s a bad hen that won’t scratch herself.
Put it on your shoulder and say it is not a burden.
As honest as a cat when the meat is out of reach.
He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.
The eye should be blind in the home of another.
The money-maker (profiteer) is never tired.
It’s better to be sorry and stay, than to be sorry and go away.
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood
He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
He’d offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.
It is a long road that has no turning.
Truth stands when everything else falls
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
Two thirds of the work is the semblance.
There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn’t like to have a comrade.
A secret is a weapon and a friend.
When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.
The man who was dividing Ireland didn’t leave himself last.
An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
Idleness is a fool’s desire.
The heavier the purse, the lighter the heart.
A man who holds good cards would never say if they were dealt wrong.
You can kill a dog more way than by choking it with butter.
Men are like bagpipes-no sound comes from them until they’re full.
When the old woman is hard pressed, she has to run
A Kerry shower is of twenty-four hours.
A loud voice can make even the truth sound foolish.
A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat.
One beetle recognizes another.
Beef to the heels like a Mullingar heifer
Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.
A shamefaced man seldom acquires wealth.
Even the longest day has its end.
It’s better than it’s want.
Humor to a man is like a feather pillow.It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.
Put a beggar on a horse and he’ll ride it to hell.
God often pays debts without money.
Never speak to the feet while the head is alive.
He who spies is the one who kills.
Everyone praises his native land.
There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain, but they are all guarded by cats and fairies.
Many hands make light work.
He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
Fences (ditches) have ears.
A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.
There’ll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.
The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight.
Irishwomen have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick ends of their legs downwards.
Don’t throw out the dirty water until you have the clean water in.
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
The young shed many skins.
A hounds food is in its legs.
Youth sheds many a skin. The steed (horse) does not retain its speed forever.
Scattering is easier than gathering.
A list full of gain and a village full of shame.
What would a young cat do but eat mice?
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood.
A guest should be blind in another man’s house.
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
Poverty creates sadness
Poor is the church without music
A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, And a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.
Snuff at a wake is fine if there’s nobody sneezing over the snuff box.
You can keep away from the rogue, but you cannot keep yourself safe from the liar.
A poem ought to be well made at first, for there is many a one to spoil it afterwards.
What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.
G od is good, but never dance in a small boat.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
It’s difficult to choose between two blind goats.
When a heifer is far from home she grows longer horns.
A woman like a lamb, a quiet friendly woman
A silent mouth is melodious.
The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
Everything dear is a woman’s fancy.
Patience is poultice for all wounds.
Don’t build the sty until the litter comes
It is not the most beautiful woman who has the most sense.
Castles were built a stone at a time.
It is a hard task to comfort the proud.
It’s no use boiling your cabbage twice
A good start is half the work.
Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst.
What will come from the briar but the berry.
The raggy colt often made a powerful horse.
For what cannot be cured patience is best.
A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.
Autumn days come quickly like the running of a hound on the moor.
A silent mouth is melodious.
The dog that’s always on the go, is better than the one that’s always curled up.
To the raven her own chick is white.
Drunkenness and anger, ’tis said tell the truth.
The world’s quiet and the pig is in the sty
He couldn’t drag a herring off the coals
Three men know it, all men know it.
There’s many a ship lost within sight of the harbor.
Patience is a plaster for all sores.
No matter who succeeds or fails, the peacemaker will always suffer.
Youth does not mind where it sets its foot.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
A promise is a debt
If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself.
It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.
About evening a man is known.
A lie travels further than the truth.
T ake gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid
The windy day is not the day for thatching.
Necessity knows no law. Irish Proverb
The person of the greatest talk is the person of the least work.
He’d offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.
A man may be his own ruin.
That’s a spoon ye’ll sup sorrow with yet.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.
A misty winter brings a pleasant spring, a pleasant winter a misty spring.
The smallest thing outlives the human being.
It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.
The waiting man thinks the time long.
To the fighting man peace is sure.
The doorstep of a great house is slippery.
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbour. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
Don’t bid the devil good day till you meet him.
The true nature of someone’s character is revealed through their eyes.
When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest.
If a cat had a dowry, she would often be kissed.
A short visit is best and that not too often.
Be there with the day and be gone with the day.
No rearing, no manners.
He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
The apple falls on the head that’s under it.
The well-filled belly has little understanding of the empty.
Many a happy colt makes a fine horse.
There is misfortune only where there is wealth.
There is no pain greater than the pain of rejection.
Walk straight, my son – as the old crab said to the young crab.
The thief is no danger to the beggar.
Sending the goose on a message to the fox’s den.
Two things that go for loss-turf on a mountain and the wisdom of a poor man.
It’s better to be sorry and stay, than to be sorry and go away.
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.
Pride comes before a fall
It’s not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.
A wise head keeps a shut mouth
The road to Heaven is well signposted, but it is badly lit at night.
Two shorten the road.
Patience cures many an old complaint.
Everyone praises his native land.
If you have one pair of good soles its better than two pairs of good uppers.
There are three creatures beyond ruling- a mule, a pig and a woman.
The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried.
A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
Time and Patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
A ring on a good woman’s finger is no good without a blouse on her back.
The world’s quiet and the pig is in the sty.
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor.It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.
Do it as if there was fire in your skin.
Strength is not enduring.
Two-thirds of help is to give courage.
God likes help when helping people.
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