Irish Sayings
Irish Sayings
honey lick though
Though honey is sweet, do not lick it off a briar
dead drink entered good hell man reasons
There are many good reasons for drinking, One just entered my head, If a man can not drink when he's living, How in the hell can he drink when he's dead
buy ears eyes
Never buy through your ears but through your eyes
advice cherries fool neither nor pigs
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool
house wool
Its no use going to the goat's house to look for wool
destroys drop harm last
It's the first drop that destroys you - there's no harm at all in the last
cow garden gets nice till
Everyone is nice till the cow gets into the garden
best horse race win
The best horse doesn't always win the race
cat good
It's for her own good that the cat purrs
cabin castle food hungry plenty
A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle
caught fish sea
There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught
ceases hand heart pray
When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray
applied fire stone
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
speaks tongue truth
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth