Irish proverbs

Youth sheds many a skin. The steed does not retain its speed forever.

There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.

Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.

A man is often a bad adviser to himself and a good adviser to another.

Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.

Don't be ever in court or a castle without a woman to make your excuse.

The early riser gets through his business but not through early rising.

Better for a man to have even a dog welcome him than a dog bark at him.

There is not a tree in Heaven that is higher than the tree of patience.

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