IRISH PROVERBS

• A KING'S SON IS NOT NOBLER THAN HIS FOOD.
• A LIST FULL OF GAIN AND A VILLAGE FULL OF SHAME.
• A LITTLE DOG CAN START A HARE, BUT IT TAKES A BIG ONE TO CATCH IT.
• A LITTLE OF ANYTHING ISN'T WORTH A PIN; BUT A WEE BIT OF SENSE IS WORTH A LOT.
• A LITTLE PLEASES A POOR MAN.
• A LIVE DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LION.
• ALL HAPPY ENDINGS ARE BEGINNINGS AS WELL.
• A LOUD VOICE CAN MAKE EVEN THE TRUTH SOUND FOOLISH.
• A MAN OF ONE COW-A MAN OF NO COW.
• A MAN IS NO MORE ENCUMBERED BY HIS SOUL THAN THE STEED BY HIS BRIDLE OR THE LAKE BY THE SWAN.
• A MAN IS SHY IN ANOTHER MAN'S CORNER.
• A MAN MAY BE HIS OWN RUIN.
• A MAN WHO HOLDS GOOD CARDS WOULD NEVER SAY IF THEY WERE DEALT WRONG.
• A MAN WITH A LOUD LAUGH MAKES TRUTH ITSELF SEEM FOLLY, TRUTH IS GREAT AND WILL WIN OUT.
• A MEETING IN SUNLIGHT IS LUCKY, AND A BURYING IN THE RAIN.
• A MISTY WINTER BRINGS A PLEASANT SPRING, A PLEASANT WINTER A MISTY SPRING.
• A NARROW NECK KEEPS THE BOTTLE FROM BEING EMPTIED IN ONE SWIG.
• AN EXCUSE IS NEARER TO A WOMAN THAN HER APRONAN EYE IS BLIND IN ANOTHER MAN'S CORNER.