The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.
The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
What would a young cat do but eat mice?
Sense doesn't come before age.
A handstaff of holly, a buailtin of hazel,a single sheaf and a clean floor.
A smokey cabin, a handful of spuds and a flea-filled bed.
A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.
Possession satisfies.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
It's better than the loan you couldn't get.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
Drink
is the curse of the land.
It makes you fight with your neighbor.
It
makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.
Wine lets out the truth.
I'd rather BE an Old Maid, than WISH I was one...Joan McReynolds
Better own a trifle than want a great deal.
Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallions tail.
It's better than it's want
Have it yourself, or else do without it
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
Humor to a man is like a feather pillow.
It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.
A poem ought to be well made at first, for there is many a one to spoil it afterwards.
No matter how often a pitcher goes to the water it is broken in the end.
Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.
A boys best friend is his mother and there's no spancel stronger than her apron string.
When the sky falls we'll catch larks.
If you have one pair of good soles its better than two pairs of good uppers.
There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught.
Even a tin knocker will shine on a dirty door.
The longest road out is the shortest road home.
By degrees the castles are built.
Patience cures many an old complaint.
When the apple is ripe, it will fall.
The one who waits the fine day, will get the fine day.
Patience can conquer destiny.
For what cannot be cured patience is best.
There is not a tree in heaven higher than the tree of patience.
Patience is a virtue that causes no shame.
Time and Patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
Nobody ever bought peace but the man who hadn't got it.
Peace(quietness) is worth buying.
The world's quiet and the pig is in the sty.
Least said soonest mended.
No matter who succeeds or fails, the peacemaker will always suffer.
To the fighting man peace is sure.
The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight.
An eye is blind in another man's corner.
If you put a silk dress on a goat he is a goat still.
It is difficult to soothe the proud.
Pride comes before a fall.
Better is the trouble that follows death, than the trouble that follows shame.
It's better to be sorry and stay, than to be sorry and go away.
The Irish forgive their great men, when they are safely buried.
A postponement till morning, a postponement forever.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
There is no virtue in the herb that is not got in time.
It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead
If you meet a red-haired woman,you'll meet a crowd.
To be red-haired is better than to be without a head.
No dealing with a revengeful man.
It's a small thing that outlives a man.
If you lie down with dogs you'll rise with fleas.
A good run is better than a bad stand.
A secret is a weapon, and a friend.
It is no secret that is known to three.
The secret of an old woman scolding.
If it's a secret,it's binding.
Don't tell secrets to the children of your relatives.
A silent mouth is musical.
The silent are often guilty.
The silent mouth is sweet to hear.
When wrathful words arise, a closed mouth is soothing.
Little talk is easy to cure.
Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.
When poverty comes through the door, love goes out the window.
Poverty parts good company.
Many a defect is seen in the poor man.
The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
A little pleases a poor man.
Poor men take to the sea; the rich to the mountains.
Poverty creates sadness.
Pity the man who does wrong and is poor as well.
There is nothing in the world so poor as going to hell.
The thief is no danger to the beggar.
Poverty is no shame.
Two things that go for: loss-turf on a mountain, and the wisdom of a poor man.
Shame is ever a part of poverty.
No-one is ever poor who has the sight of his eyes, and the use of his feet.
A poor man never yet lost his property.
Poor is the church without music.
The full stomach does not understand the empty one.
You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel
As the old cock crows the young cock learns.
You are better off alone than in bad company.
You can always find a stick if you want to beat the dog.
...Uisean O Murchalda
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.
A windy day is not the day for thatching..
What butter and whiskey will not cure there's no cure for.
Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but its warm and you wont see the dust on the floor.
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.
Its no use boiling your cabbage twice.
A wild goose never reared a tame gosling.
One beetle recognizes another beetle.
A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
Its for her own good that the cat purrs.
To the raven her own chick is white.
Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.
The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.
It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet.
It's difficult to choose between two blind goats.
There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
He'd offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.
Its a bad hen that won't scratch herself.
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.
Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him.
A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.
Men are like bagpipes no sound comes from them until they're full.
He got it from nature as the pig got the rooting in the ground.
Often a cow does not take after its breed
Nature will come through the claws, and the hound will follow the hare.
It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.
What is in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone.
The wood will renew the foliage it sheds.
One who is without cows must be his own dog. A blind man can see his mouth.
You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
A king's son is not nobler than his food
To every cow its calf; to every book its copy
What will come from the briar but the berry
The hand goes only where the leg goes
He's more to be pitied than laughed at
Don't tell your complaint to one who has no pity
Possession is nine-tenths of the law
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to hell
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll go on a gallop
No stopping the force of a going wheel by hand
No forcing the sea
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land
Praise the ripe field not the green corn
Praise the river when you have crossed it
You must empty a box before you fill it again
A promise is a debt
Proverbs cannot be contradicted
Don't throw out the dirty water until you have the clean water in
It's better to return from the centre of the ford than drown in the flood
To put off repentance is dangerous
Remember, even if you loose all, keep your good name for if you loose that you are worthless.
Those who get the name of rising early may lie all day.
Don't mention him and a decent man in the one day.
A sly rogue is often in good dress.
The horse with the most scars is the one that highest kicks his rear.
The person who brings a story to you will take away two from you.
A story without an author is not worth listening to.
Leave the bad tale where you found it.
There is no smoke without fire.
When the fruit is scarcest,its taste is sweetest.
A soft dropping April brings milk to cows and sheep
Autumn days come quickly like the running of a hound on the moor
A misty winter brings a pleasant spring,a pleasant winter a misty spring
Many a sudden change takes place on a spring day
No tree but has rotten wood enough to burn it
A man may be his own ruin
A wedge from itself splits the oak tree
It's for her own good that the cat purrs
His own wound is what everyone feels soonest
The man who was dividing Ireland didn't leave himself last
What would shame him would turn back a funeral
He who is best for me is he who shall get the best share
A man is shy in another man's corner
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