| Margaret Pages - Irish folk wisdom, proverbs and pictures |
| View over Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, NI |
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| from Carrickfergus heading to Larne |
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| Killyleagh Bay, Co Down, NI |
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| town view to Killyleagh from fishermans cottages |
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| Ballymena Rd, Antrim town, NI |
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| Steeple Rd. Antrim - stone near the Tower |
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| weir on six-mile water, Antrim, NI |
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| More Irish wit and wisdom, wonderful sayings with great photography |
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| This page made 19 August 2001 updated 12 February 2004 |
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| One may live without one's friends, but not without one's pipe |
| You must live with a person to know a person |
| The person of the greatest talk is the person of the least work |
| If you do not sow in the spring, you will not reap in the autumn |
| Everyone is sociable until a cow invades his garden |
| The man who won't take advice will have conflict |
| It's a dirty bird that won't keep it's own nest clean |
| A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, And a word more lasting than the wealth of the world |
| Patience is a poultice for all wounds |
| A handful of skill is better than a bagful of gold |
| There are two sides of every story and a hundred versions of every song |
| Seldom is the last of anything better than the first |
| It is better to be alone than in bad company |
| The work praises the man |
| A drink precedes a story |
| He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday |
| Give the Priest his own side of the road |
| Don't make little of your dish for it may be an ignorant fellow who judges it |
| When the drop is inside the sense is outside |
| Slow is every foot on an unknown path |
| From the day you marry your heart will be in your mouth and your hand in your pocket |
| An early riser gets through his business |
| Your son is your son until he marries, but your daughter is your daughter until you die |
| A man lives long in his native place |