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| Margarets Pages - Irish folk wisdom, proverbs and pictures |
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| Clifden, Connermara area, Co Galway |
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| Cromane, Killorglin, Co Kerry |
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| Tramore Harbour, Elizabeths Cove, near Waterford |
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| coastline - Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland |
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| views in Connemara area, Ireland |
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| area of the Burren, Co Clare |
| Lucky stars above you Sunshine on your way Many friends to love you Joy in work and play ~ Laughter to outweigh each care In your heart a song ~ And gladness waiting everywhere All your whole life long! |
| He who cannot suffer pain will not get ease |
| If the cat sits long enough at the hole, she will catch the mouse |
| God's help is nearer than the door. |
| There is no hearth like your own hearth |
| There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught |
| Every patient is a doctor after his cure |
| If you have one pair of good soles it is better than two pairs of good uppers |
| One beetle recognises another |
| There never was an old slipper but there was an stocking to match it |
| Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbour. It makes you shoot at your landlord And it makes you miss him. |
| There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot. |
| No matter how often a pitcher goes to the water it is broken in the end |
| You'll not find a thrush in a hawk's nest |
| It's no use carrying an umbrella if you shoes are leaking |
| It is as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck |
| He would offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell |
| May the music of the meadow, with its songs of silver streams Bring sunlight to the paths you walk, and magic to your dreams. |
| A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse |
| Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him |
| Marriages are all happy. It's having breakfast together that causes all the trouble |
| What butter and whiskey will not cure there's is no cure for |
| Page made 5 July 2001 updated 12 Feb. 2004 |
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