Eamonn’s wise words of widsom…

Tell the truth and shame the devil
That’s a spoon ye’ll sup sorrow with yet.
The apple falls on the head that’s under it.
The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend.
The best way to keep loyalty in a man’s heart is to keep money in his purse.
The bird that can sing and won’t sing should be made to sing.
The blacksmith’s horse and the cobbler’s wife are always the last to have shoes.
The cat is always dignified, until the dog comes by.
The dog that’s always on the go, is better than the one that’s always curled up.
The doorstep of a great house is slippery.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early riser gets through his business but not through early rising.
The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight.
The English always credit the rest of us with the qualities they don’t need themselves.
The eye should be blind in the home of another.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
The full stomach does not understand the empty one.
The hand goes only where the leg goes.
The heavier the purse, the lighter the heart.
The horse with the most scars is the one that highest kicks his rear.
The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried.
The longest road out is the shortest road home.
The man who was dividing Ireland didn’t leave himself last.
The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard.
The money-maker (profiteer) is never tired.

The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune
The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
The one who waits the fine day, will get the fine day.
The person of the greatest talk is the person of the least work.
The person who brings a story to you will take away two from you.
The pride of women and the pride of priests.
The proverb cannot be bettered.
The quiet pigs eat all the draff.
The rabbit gets fat on what the hare misses.
There are as many good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught.
There are three creatures beyond ruling- a mule, a pig and a woman.
There are two tellings to every story
There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain, but they are all guarded by cats and fairies.
There is misfortune only where there is wealth.
There is no pain greater than the pain of rejection.
There is no smoke without fire.
There is not a tree in Heaven that is higher than the tree of patience.
There is nothing in the world so poor as going to hell.
There is nothing sharper than a woman’s tongue.
There is no thing wickeder than a woman of evil temper.
There is no virtue in the herb that is not got in time.
There’ll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot
There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
There’s a fool born every minute- and every one of them lives!
There’s as many good horses in carts as in coaches.
There’s little to choose between two blind goats. wind if your haystacks are tied down.
There’s no wise man without a fault
There’s trouble in every house and some in he street
There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn’t like to have a comrade.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
The road to Heaven is well signposted, but it is badly lit at night.
The secret of an old woman scolding.
The seeking for one thing will find another.
The silent are often guilty.
The slow horse reaches the mill.
The slow hound often has good qualities.
The smaller the cabin the wider the door.
The stars make no noise.
The sty before the litter.
The sweat of one’s brow is what burns everyone.
The thief is no danger to the beggar.
The tongue ties knots that the teeth cannot loosen.
The waiting man thinks the time long.
The well-filled belly has little understanding of the empty.
The windy day is not the day for thatching.
The wood will renew the foliage it sheds.
The world’s quiet and the pig is in the sty

The youngest thorns are the sharpest.
The young shed many skins.
Those who get the name of rising early may lie all day
Though the proverb is abandoned, it is not falsified.
Though wisdom is good in the beginning it is better at the end
Time and Patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
Time is a good story-teller
‘Tis afterwards that everything is understood.
‘Tis as hard to see a woman cry, as a goose go barefoot
To be red-haired is better than to be without a head
To every cow its calf; to every book its copy.
To put off repentance is dangerous.
To the fighting man peace is sure
To the raven her own chick is white.
Treachery returns
Trouble hates nothing as much as a smile.
Truth speaks even though the tongue were dead
Truth stands when everything else falls
Two things that go for loss-turf on a mountain and the wisdom of a poor man.