Irish Proverbs
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Some wee proverbs! |
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Let your anger set with the sun and not rise again with it. |
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Better the coldness of a friend than the sweetness of the enemy.
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Character is better than wealth.
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May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.
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Health and a long life to you.
Land without rent to you. |
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The older the
fiddle the sweeter the tune
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If you're lucky
enough to be Irish .......... you're lucky enough!
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A narrow bottleneck
keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
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Get on your knees
and thank God you're still on your feet.
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The whole could not make a racehorse out of a donkey.
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The far off hills are the
greenest
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There are three kinds of men who can't understand woman: young men,
old men, and middle-aged men.
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However long the day it ends with night.
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If you want praise.........die, If you
want blame........marry.
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To avoid toothaches never shave on Sunday and never comb your hair on
Friday.
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An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one
blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.
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Wear a crooked pin in your coat lapel for good luck in cards.
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A four leaf shamrock is the luckiest of all charms. If you find one,
never lose it or you will lose your good luck.
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If you want money always carry a black tooth of a horse with you.
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To get rid of freckles dab each freckle with a bit of bulls blood.
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A borrowed saw cuts anything.
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Diplomacy is the ability to tell a man to go to hell so that he will
look forward to the trip.
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Better half a loaf than no loaf at all.
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The truth from a liar is not to be believed.
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There
are three kinds of men: the worker, the hunter, and the
boaster.
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There is not a way into the woods for which there is also not a way
out of it.
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Encourage youth and it will prosper.
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