It's not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
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A Tyrone woman will never buy a rabbit without a head for fear it's a cat.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about commerce, fear, heads, woman
He thinks that he himself is the very stone that was hurled at the castle.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
No-one is ever poor who has the sight of his eyes and the use of his feet.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use, eyes
There are many ways of killing a pig other than by choking it with butter.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
It's better to return from the centre of the ford than drown in the flood.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Three things that can't be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about poetry, generosity, voice, things
A misty winter brings a pleasant spring, a pleasant winter a misty spring.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about spring
Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about laughter, home, children, house
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures in the doctor's book.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about sleep, good, good luck
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
If you have a roving eye, it's no use having the other one fixed on Heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use
Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
The cat has leave to look at the queen and the queen has leave to shoot it.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
A handstaff of holly, a buailtin of hazel, a single sheaf and a clean floor.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
You've got to do your own growing, not matter how tall your grandfather was.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Two things that go for loss-turf on a mountain and the wisdom of a poor man.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wisdom, things, man
The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about money, heart, man
You can take a man out of the bog, but you can't take the bog out of the man.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man
TThe best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about money, heart, man
