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Quotes by Irish Sayings

Irish Sayings

“Nodding the head does not row the boat”

“Anything will fit a naked man”

“Its no delay to stop to edge the tool”

“Poor men take to the sea; the rich to the mountains”

“Two-thirds of help is to give courage”

“A new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners”

“When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest”

“The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard”

“What is in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone”

“The full person does not understand the needs of the hungry”

“The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune”

“Count your joys instead of your woes; Count your friends instead of your foes.”

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

“Its no use going to the goats house to look for wool”

“There is no reason to fear the wind if your stack of hay is well tied”

“Nature will come through the claws, and the hound will follow the hare”

“Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst.”

“It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.”

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

“There are many good reasons for drinking, One just entered my head, If a man can not drink when hes living, How in the hell can he drink when hes dead”

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