Irish Proverb
Irish Proverb
man mature running twenty
Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man /and after that, praying.
halfway man
A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
loves man mother sweetheart wife
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
boots man mind places
The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.
beginning difficult grows hard twig twist
When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
learned properly trade
A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
found god grace saddle
The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground.
fully sailed sailor unless
You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,
memory proverbs wrong
When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.
work
Two thirds of the work is the semblance.
dry until value water
We do not know the value of water until we go dry
act thy
Let not thy act be from thy tongue.
fun gone liquor
When the liquor was gone the fun was gone.
known secret three
It is not a secret if it is known by three people.