Saint Patrick’s Day is one of the most well known days dedicated to the Irish and their traditional celebrations. Many ancient blessings, sayings, proverbs, and prayers have been passed on through generations created by the Irish. Here is a look at some of the best Irish sayings about life that are enlightening.
“A family of Irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without, and see them all unite.”
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.”
“As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.”
“Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid.”
“Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!”
“Honey is sweet, but don’t lick it off a briar.”
“I complained that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”
“If he’s not fishing, he’s mending his nets.”
“If that man went to a wedding, he’d stay for the christening.”
“If you buy what you don’t need, you might have to sell what you do.”
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at who He gives it to!”
“In every land, hardness is in the north of it, softness in the south, industry in the east, and fire and inspiration in the west.”
“It is better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money.”
“It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.”
“It’s easy to halve the potato where there’s love.”
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you’ll be looking for it all day.”
“May the blessings of each day be the blessings you need most.”
“May the Good Lord take a liking to you… but not too soon!”
“May the roof above you never fall in and those gathered beneath it never fall out.”
“May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.”
“No man ever wore a scarf as warm as his daughter’s arm around his neck.”
“She is always in the field when luck is on the road.”
“She’s fit to mind mice at a crossroads.”
“There is no luck except where there is discipline.”
“Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.”
“You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.”
“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was.”
Here is a humorous video as these Irish people try to explain Irish phrases and what they mean.
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