GOOD MIXTURE OF IRISH AND OTHER PROVERBS
In no particular order.
The thief is no danger to the beggar
It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead
Pride comes before a fall
It is difficult to soothe the proud
Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land
You must empty a box before you fill it again
When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest
A man may be his own ruin
The full stomach does not understand the empty one
What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth
His own wound is what everyone feels soonest
It's for her own good that the cat purrs
There's neither success nor efficiency without authority and laws
Never trust a spiteful man
There are two tellings to every story
A watched kettle never boils
Truth speaks even though the tongue is dead
You can keep away from the rogue, but you cannot keep yourself safe from the liar
It's not worth a couckoo-spit
The waiting man thinks the time long
The slow hound often has good qualities
A short visit is best and that not too often
You didn't turn up when sense was being distributed
Putting the fox to mind the geese
One man's meat is another man's poison
Better is the trouble that follows death than the trouble that follows shame
Little talk is easy to cure
A spender gets the property of the hoarder
A little of anything isn't worth a pin; but a wee bit of sense is worth a lot
A dishonest woman can't be kept in and an honest woman won't
Beef to the heels like a Mullingar heifer
There is no thing more wicked than a woman of evil temper
A bad woman(wife) drinks a lot of her own bad butter-milk
A woman without is she who has neither pipe nor child
'Tis as hard to see a woman cry, as a goose go barefoot
Don't be ever in court or a castle without a woman to make your excuses
Speed and accuracy do not agree
The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas
Take gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid
A tyrone woman will never buy a rabbit without a head for fear its a cat
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind
There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught
Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble
A windy day is not the day for thatching
The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke
The longest way round is the shortest road home
What's good for the goose is good for the gander
Every patient is a doctor after his cure
Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallions tail
Its no use boiling your cabbage twice
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune
Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat
The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse
A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig
As the old cock crows the young cock learns
Even a tin knocker will shine on a dirty door
A silent mouth is sweet to hear
There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade
There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box
If you put a silk dress on a goat, it is a goat still
One who is without cows must be his own dog
A blind man can see his mouth
A king's son is not nobler than his food
You never miss the water till the well has run dry
What will come from the briar but the berry
The wood will renew the foliage it sheds
What is in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog
Patience cures many an old complaint
Patience and forbearance make a bishop of his reverence
The one who waits the fine day, will get the fine day
To every cow its calf; to every book its copy
Time and Patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem
Everyone praises his native land
The world's quiet and the pig is in the sty
Patience can conquer desiny
Patience is a virtue that causes no shame
Don't tell your complaint to one who has no pity
He's more to be pitied than laughed at
Possession is nine-tenths of the law
Better own a trifle than want a great deal
No-one is ever poor who has the sight of his eyes and the use of his feet
Don't county your chickens before they are hatched
A smokey cabin, a handful of spuds and a flea-filled bed
A poor man never yet lost his property
Praise the ripe field not the green corn
Sense doesn't come before age
A list full of gain and a village full of shame
Sending the goose on a message to the fox's den
Better sit beside him than in his place
A shamefaced man seldom acquires wealth
A kerry shower is of twenty-four hours
Better for a man to have even a dog welcome him than a dog bark at him
Going in is not the same as going out
A welcome is a debtor's face
Wat's al lthe world to a man when his wife is a widow
A wise head keeps a shut mouth
Everyone is wise till he speaks
There's no wise man without a fault
He may die of wind but he'll never die of wisdom
You can't put a wise head on young shoulders
Though wisdom is good in the beginning it is better at the end
Like an Irish wolf she barks at her own shadow
She wipes the plate with the cat's tail
Only a fool would prefer food to a woman
Man to the hills, woman to the shore
An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron
Everyone lays a burden on the willing horse
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today
The person of the greatest talk is the person of the least work
Scattering is easier than gathering
Put it on your shoulder and say it is not a burden
A good beginning is half the work
Praise the young and they will make progress
Handfuls make a load
It destroys the craft not to learn it
Many a happy colt makes a fine horse
The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard
The bird that can sing and won't sing should be made to sing
Do not be talkative in an alehouse
Great talk and little action
Let your bargain suit your purpose
A greyhound finds food in its feet
Spread your cloth only as you can draw it
It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged
Don't let your tongue cut your throat
Don't rest your eyes beyond what is your own
The eye should be blind in the home of another
Don't say everything you want to say lest you hear something you would not like to hear
Fat is not to be had without labour
See not what you see and hear not what you hear
The well-filled belly has little understanding of the empty
He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
He knows how many grains to a bushel of wheat
It's easy to knead when meal is at hand
Any man can lose his hat in a fairy- wind
It's difficult to choose between two blind goats
It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking
To the raven her own chick is white
When the sky falls we'll catch larks
You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel
He got it from nature as the pig got the rooting in the ground
Watching is a part of good play
By degrees the castles are built
Patience is a plaster for all sores
When the apple is ripe, it will fall
A little pleases a poor man
Long churning makes bad butter
The quiet pigs eat all the draff
It's no delay to stop to edge the tool
About evening a man is known
There is nothing sharper than a woman's tongue
A shrew gets her wish but suffers in the getting
Many a time the man with ten cows has ovetaken the man with forty
It is not the most beatuiful woman who has the most sense
When the old woman is hard pressed, she has to run
Women are stronger than men, they do not die of wisdom
More hair than tit, like a mountain heifer
The early riser gets through his business but not through early rising
Sow early and mow early
The slow horse reaches the mill
Wherever there are women there's talking, and wherever there's geese there's cackling
Everything dear is a woman's fancy
Women are shy and shame prevents them from refusing a man
Irishwomen have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick ends of their legs downwards
A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults
A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in
Wind from the east is good for neither man nor beast
A heavy purse makes a light heart
A hut is a palace to a poor man
Sweet is the voice of the man who has wealth
There is misfortune only where there is wealth
The doorstep of a great house is slippery
Wilful waste makes woeful want
That's a spoon ye'll sup sorrow with yet
Better an idle house than a bad tenant
Pity him who makes his opinions a certainty
One pair of good soles is worth two pairs of upper leathers
Tell the truth and shame the devil
He who spies is the one who kills
Time is a good story-teller
Time is a good story-teller
After the gathering comes the scattering
What would shame him would turn back a funeral
The stars make no noise
A man has often cut a rod to beat himself
A postponement till morning A postponement for ever
The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight
