I was surprised at how many of these sayings I heard my Granny say over the years.
Irish Sayings
As thieving as a fox's snout
Beauty won't make the pot boil
May you live and wear it
May the face of every good news and the back
of every bad news be towards us
As hard as the hob of hell
As cunning as the fox
As deep as the sea
As bashful as a girl
As slow as a late dinner
As dull as ditch water
As swift as a hare
As true as the gospel
As long as a wet Sunday
It's hard to teach an old dog to dance.
As the cock crows, the young bird chirps
To be old and decayed dishonors no-one
In youth we have our troubles before us;
in age we leave pleasure behind.
As busy as a bee
As salty as the sea
As good as gold
As old as the hills
As bitter as thick milk
As crooked as ram's horn
As brown as a berry
Street angel, house devil.
When the twig hardens, it's difficult to twist it.
A man lives long in his native place.
As tough as a wheel string.
As mim as a dog without his tail.
A black hen lays white eggs.
A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.
Nobility listens to art
As stiff as a poker
Old burdens don't incite blows.
Red-hot ashes are easily rekindled.
An inch is a great deal in a man's nose.
It's not the bones that are beautiful but the flesh on the shoulders.
Its appearances are better than its value.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Young people don't know what age is;
old people forget what youth was.
Is it not a lonesome thing to be getting old.
There's anger in an open laugh.
It's no use going to the goat's house to look for wool
It's hard to fight with the wide ocean
An empty bag won't stand
You can't draw blood out of a turnip
You won't make a rope from the sand of the sea
It's only the Lord can make a racehorse out of a jackass
The devil couldn't do it unless he was drunk
Tis no use talking when the harm is done
It is the hope of recompense that ruins the card player.
Better a son of a gambler than a drinker
The expectation of success is what beggars the gambler
Crafty advice is often got from a fool
A wise man takes advice
A ring on her finger and not a stitch of clothes on her back.
Take gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid
It is worth going to meet generosity that is slow
A gentle answer quenches anger
God moves slowly yet his grace comes
God never closes one door but he opens another
The person not taught by God is not taught by man
A kind word never broke anyone's mouth
God often pays debts without money
The love of God guides every good
Man talks but God directs
God helps him that helps himself
A good thing is improved by increasing it
Good begets good
Everything good is used in little pieces
It's the jewel that can't be got that is the most beautiful
The man without eyes is no judge of beauty
A good laugh and a long sleep the best cures in a doctor's book
A man is often a bad adviser to himself and a good adviser to another.
