Irish ProverbsDefinitions

Begging means constant refusal.

Conversation is a cure for all sorrows.

Fear is a fine spur; so is rage.

Food is a good workhorse.

Loneliness is worse than strife.

Poverty makes sadness.

Poverty parts good company.

Prosperity finds the lucky man, but an unlucky man gives a blind leap.

The Proverb cannot be contradicted.

A Proverb ought not be quoted ’til you bring your ship to port.

A Son is a son until he takes him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all of her life.

Soup is a luxury to those who cannot afford meat.