Speak to the devil and you'll hear the clatter of his hooves.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about devil, contentment
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Only those who were born to hang are not afraid of the water.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about water
The pig in the sty doesn't know the pig going along the road.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about enemies, man
Better one good thing that is than two good things that were.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about things, good, good luck
Keep a thing seven years and you'll always find a use for it.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use, things, contentment
The day of the storm is not the time for thatching your roof.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about time, day
The bird that can sing and won't sing should be made to sing.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
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 fishing, 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, contentment
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 about contentment
You will never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mind, contentment
A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about being
