Irish Sayings
Irish Sayings
death ireland life wet
Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland
house wool
Its no use going to the goat's house to look for wool
easy potato proverbs
It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.
boat head row
Nodding the head does not row the boat
easy landlord steal thief
It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief
god opens
If God shuts one door, He opens another
hard mason strikes
The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard
daughter son takes till
A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.
hat lose man
Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind
dog dogs good homes
A dog with two homes is never any good
home longest road shortest
The longest road out is the shortest road home
bad good retreat stand
A good retreat is better than a bad stand
barrel contains drop retain wine
A barrel that contains the wine will retain the drop in its staves.
hound
As the big hound is, so will the pup be.