Irish Sayings
Irish Sayings
advice cherries fool neither nor pigs
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool
corn field green praise ripe
Praise the ripe field not the green corn
fear fine rage
Fear is a fine spur, so is rage
dirty door shine tin
Even a tin knocker will shine on a dirty door
count instead joys
Count your joys instead of your woes; Count your friends instead of your foes.
above beer drunken greater greatest love mother slob
But the greatest love - the love above all loves, Even greater than that of a mother - Is the tender, passionate, undying love, Of one beer drunken slob for another
heaven higher patience tree
There is not a tree in heaven higher than the tree of patience
friends-or-friendship lack
There is no need like the lack of a friend.
fear hay reason stack tied wind
There is no reason to fear the wind if your stack of hay is well tied
gossip gossips
Who gossips with you will gossip of you
heart mouth nearest
What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth
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
god plenty
When God made time, he made plenty of it