Proverbs and old sayings Irish, page 43

904 proverbs and old sayings irish

Youth sheds many a skin. The steed (horse) does not retain its speed forever.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about speed, youth

There never was a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If you have one pair of good soles it is better than two pairs of good uppers.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good, good luck

A little of anything isn't worth a pin; but a wee bit of sense is worth a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about common sense, sense

No time for your health today, will result in no health for your time tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about time

The seagull thinks it is an act of kindness to give the fish a lift in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about air

Don't be hard and don't be soft and don't desert your friend for your own share.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Be kind to those that meet you as you rise, you may pass them again as you fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fall

The blacksmith's horse and the cobbler's wife are always the last to have shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wife

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, good luck, home, house, woman

The dog that's always on the go, is better than the one that's always curled up.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If a rogue deceives me once, shame on him. If he deceives me twice, shame on me.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about shame

Whiskey when you're sick makes you well; whiskey makes you sick when you're well.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A penny in a poor man's pocket is better than two pennies in a rich man's pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wealth, man

There is more friendship in a half pint of whiskey than in a churn of buttermilk.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about friendship

Any fool carries an umbrella on a wet day, but the wise man carries it every day.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about day, man

Food is no more important than wisdom, The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wisdom, beginning, food, fear, god

Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about problems, happiness

May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about future, past, day