Proverbs and old sayings Irish, page 26

904 proverbs and old sayings irish

A glutton lives to eat, a wise man eats to live.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

A list full of gain and a village full of shame.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about shame

More grows in a tilled field than is sown in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Pity the man who does wrong and is poor as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad, man

Praise without profit puts little in the pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about praise

If a cat had a dowry, she would often be kissed.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Many a rose-cheeked apple is rotten at the core.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Drunkenness and anger, 'tis said tell the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about drunkenness, anger, truth

Never rub your eye with anything but your elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Never speak to the feet while the head is alive.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heads

A loan long continued usually confers ownership.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Wisdom is a comb given to a man once he is bald.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wisdom, man

Take gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about gifts, man

See not what you see and hear not what you hear.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There's little to choose between two blind goats.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about blind

What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There's many a ship lost within sight of harbour.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

As honest as a cat when the meat is out of reach.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A shrew gets her wish but suffers in the getting.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wish

There's no hearthstone like your own hearthstone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish