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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness

A silent mouth is melodious.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A trade not properly learned is an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about commerce, enemies

If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about autumn, spring, contentment

It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, bad

It is a long road that has no turning.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about secret, people

It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bitter, drinking

It is the good horse that draws its own cart.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good, good luck

It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about time, day

It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about being

Keep a thing for at least seven years and you'll find a use for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use, things, contentment

Lack of resource has hanged many a person.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about people

Mere words do not feed the friars.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about word

Necessity knows no law.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about law

Patience is poultice for all wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about patience

People live in each other's shelter.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about people

Praise the young and they will blossom.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about praise

Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wine