Proverbs and old sayings Irish, page 37

904 proverbs and old sayings irish

The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

If there is a way into the wood there is also a way out of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There are as many good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good, good luck

There is hope from the sea but there is no hope from the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about hope

A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about garden, people

The morning of the race is not the morning to feed your horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The thief is sorry he is to be hanged, not that he is a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about thieves

There is no feast till a roast and no torment till a marriage.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about feast, marriage

Both your friend and your enemy think that you will never die.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about enemies, death

One may live without one's friends but not without one's pipe.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If you don't want flour on your shoes, don't go into the mill.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

You will never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mind

A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about being

That which is nearest a woman's heart is the first to come out.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heart, woman

Though wisdom is good in the beginning it is better at the end.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about beginning, wisdom, end, good, good luck

Better is an ass that carries you than a horse that throws you.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It's better to be sorry and stay, than to be sorry and go away.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about god

If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fall

Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness