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Give a servant a proper meal and the cow will give more milk and the cat will drink less.

You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.

The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy.

A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end--and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.

Michael Finnegan:

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan,
He grew whiskers on his chinnigin,
The wind came around and blew them in again,
Poor old Michael Finnegan,
begin again.

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan,...

Waltzing Matilda:


Once a jolly swagman camped beside a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he sat and waited while his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

CHORUS
Waltzing Matilda,...

Traditional Wexford Curse

May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you...

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

Jesu, joy of man's desiring

Jesu, joy of man's desiring,
Holy wisdom, love most bright.
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring,
Soar to uncreated light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving...

A man is called a drunkard when he misbehaves, not when he drinks.

The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking.

Death rides with the drinking driver.

You won't gain knowledge by drinking ink.

Blessed wine, cursed drinking.

He who is thirsty dreams that he is drinking.

To stop drinking, study a drunkard when you are sober.

Work in Micalassu: eating, drinking and strolling.

There is never wanting an excuse for drinking.

Without eating and drinking the hero is no good.

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.