Irish Sayings
Irish Sayings
friends-or-friendship lack
There is no need like the lack of a friend.
hat lose man
Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind
destroys drop harm last
It's the first drop that destroys you - there's no harm at all in the last
beggar horseback
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll gallop
dead doctor patient time
It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead
next sure
If you come up in this world be sure not to go down in the next
delay edge stop tool
It's no delay to stop to edge the tool
bed early gets name rising stay until
He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
dress good rogue sly
A sly rogue is often in good dress
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