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| The Falls, Ennistymon, Co Clare |
| The Lagan, Northern Ireland |
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| Margaret's Pages - Irish Folk Wisdom, Proverbs and pictures |
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| Bringing in the hay |
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| Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry |
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| Killary Harbour, Co Mayo |
| Glengarriff, Co Cork |
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| On this page we have more Irish scenery and wonderful words of wisdom |
| Enough and no waste is as good as a feast |
| Our lease on life is short |
| A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood |
| There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught |
| Distant hills look green |
| Falling is easier than rising |
| There is no need like the lack of a friend |
| Without money fame is dead |
| It is a lonely washing that has no man's shirt in it |
| He who is up is extolled; he who is down is trampled on |
| A man cannot grow rich without his wife's leave |
| There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that did not like to have a comrade |
| Women do not drink liquor but it disappears when they are present |
| Laziness is a heavy burden |
| You must take the little potato with the big potato |
| It's an ill wind that blows nobody good |
| Who gossips with you will gossip of you |
| Slow is every foot on an unknown path |
| Seeing is believing, but feeling is the God's own truth |
| There are 2 things that cannot be cured: death and the want of sense |
| To the raven her own cluck is white |
| Hunger is a good sauce |
| Honey is sweet, but don't lick it off a briar |
| Beware of the public house or limpets will be your food |
| Promise is in honour's debt |
| Better good manners than good looks |
| Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind |
| The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground |
| Make the fence or you will pay for the plunder |
| Be good to the child and he will come to you tomorrow |
| Page made 29 August 2001 updated 12 Feb 2004 |
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