Proverb, Irish

"The Windy day is not a day for scallops (thatching)"

"People live in each other's shelter"

"The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey"

"There is no fireside like your own fireside"

"You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,"

"and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner."

"There is no strength without unity."

"You must live with a person to know a person. If you want to know me come and live with me."

"Praise the young and they will blossom"

"The raggy colt often made a powerful horse."

"Age is honorable and youth is noble."

"Youth sheds many a skin.The steed (horse) does not retain its speed forever."

"When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak."

"Youth does not mind where it sets its foot."

"It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while."

"Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die."

"The smallest thing outlives the human being."

"The well fed does not understand the lean."

"He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you"

"It is not a secret if it is known by three people."

"It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal."

"Quiet people are well able to look after themselves."

"If you hit my dog you hit myself."

"A friends eye is a good mirror."

"It is the good horse that draws its own cart."

"A lock is better than suspicion."

"Even a small thorn causes festering."

"Two shorten the road."

"It is better to exist unknown to the law."

"If you want to be criticized, marry."

"What fills they fills the heart."

"A trade not properly learned is an enemy."

"Two thirds of the work is the semblance."

"It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself."

"He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday."

"It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day."

"Mere words do not feed the friars."

"The work praises the man."

"If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn."

"A drink precedes a story."

"Good as drink is, it ends in thirst."

"When the drop (drink) is inside the sense is outside."

"When the liquor was gone the fun was gone."

"It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for."

"Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness."

"Wine divulges truth."

"As the big hound is, so will the pup be."

"Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat."

"You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

"Instinct is stronger than upbringing."

"A poor person is often worthy."

"A barrel that contains the wine will retain the drop in its staves."

"It is often that a cow does not take after its breed."

"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout."

"A hounds food is in its legs."

"A persons heart is in his feet."

"The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail."

"It is a long road that has no turning."

"Spalds (small stones) suit walls as well as big stones."

"When fire is applied to a stone it cracks."

"Necessity knows no law."

"Need teaches a plan."

"Necessity is the mother of invention."

"Lack of resource has hanged many a person."

"The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches."

"The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely."

"There is no luck except where there is discipline."

"A hen is heavy when carried far."

"The hole is more honorable than the patch."

"Time is a great story teller."

"Patience is poultice for all wounds."

"There is no need like the lack of a friend."

"The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot."

"The light heart lives long."

"Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab."

"May you have a bright future - as the chimney sweep said to his son."

"Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst."