Irish Sayings
Irish Sayings
friends-or-friendship lack
There is no need like the lack of a friend.
god plenty
When God made time, he made plenty of it
barrel contains drop retain wine
A barrel that contains the wine will retain the drop in its staves.
dress good rogue sly
A sly rogue is often in good dress
daughter son takes till
A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.
again box empty fill
You must empty a box before you fill it again
hat lose man
Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind
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
corners knows
A new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners
dog dogs good homes
A dog with two homes is never any good
fiddle older sweeter tune
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune
dead doctor patient time
It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead
easy landlord steal thief
It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief
follow king
He who can follow his own will is a king