Irish Sayings
Irish Sayings
lucky
If you're lucky enough to be Irish, then you're lucky enough.
storm time
The day of the storm is not the time for thatching
grows quarrel shake sour words
A quarrel is like buttermilk, once it's out of the churn; the more you shake it, the more sour it grows
fiddle older sweeter tune
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune
follow hound nature
Nature will come through the claws, and the hound will follow the hare
craft destroys learn learning
It destroys the craft not to learn it
belief believe god love sun
I believe in the sun when it's not shining, I believe in love even when I feel it not, I believe in God even when he is silent.
growth matter tall
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
diseases itch three
Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst.
honey lick though
Though honey is sweet, do not lick it off a briar
speaks tongue truth
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth
fool fools-and-foolishness
There is no fool who has not his own kind of sense
caught fish sea
There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught
ceases hand heart pray
When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray