Proverbs and old sayings Irish, page 30

904 proverbs and old sayings irish

What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wife, world, man

Everyone is nice until the cow gets into the garden.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about garden

A swan would die with pride only for its black feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about proudness, magic, death

Put a coward to his metal an' he'll fight the de'il.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fight

Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Beauty is only skin deep, ugliness goes to the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about ugliness, beauty

Don't go to law with the devil in the court of hell.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about hell, law, devil

The cat is always dignified, until the dog comes by.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The fox never found a better messenger than himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about quiet, people

Woe to the man that entrusts his secrets to a ditch.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

A soft dropping April brings milk to cows and sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If you meet a red-haired woman, you'll meet a crowd.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

Poor men take to the sea, the rich to the mountains.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wealth, man

Neither gives cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about advice

What I'm afraid to hear I'd better say first myself.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Of small account is a fly till it gets into the eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It is a lonely washing that has no man's shirt in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

It is a lonesome washing without a man's shirt in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

It is a poor village that has neither smoke nor fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about smoke, fire, fire brigade