Irish Proverbs, Blessing and Sayings

Irish Proverbs, Blessing and Sayings




A drink precedes a story.


A friend's eye is a good mirror.


A hen is heavy when carried far.


A hound's food is in its legs.


A lock is better than suspicion.


A silent mouth is melodious.


A trade not properly learned is an enemy.


Age is honorable and youth is noble.


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


Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.


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


Even a small thorn causes festering.


Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.


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


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


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


If you want to be criticized, marry.


Instinct is stronger than upbringing.


It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.



"May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind be always at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields and,

Until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand."

Irish Blessing

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