Irish sayings ( Archived) (10)

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at who He gives it to!

There never was the worse use made of a man than to hang him.

No man ever wore a scarf as warm as his daughter’s arm around his neck.

A family of Irish birth will argue and fight,
but let a shout come from without,
and see them all unite.

An Irishman has an abiding sense of tragedy which sustains him through temporary periods of joy.

The Irish are a fair people; they never speak well of one another. —Samuel Johnson 1709-1784

The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried.

You can accomplish more with a kind word and a shillelagh than you can with just a kind word.

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.

of a useless fellow-
He's fit to mind mice at a crossroads.

to someone who committed some small fault-
'Tis only a stepmother would blame you.’

of a tall, large woman-
That's a fine doorful of a woman.

of a gossiper-
She has a tongue that would clip a hedge.

of a poor, thin creature-
The breath is only just in and out of him, and the grass doesn't know of him walking over it.

of a coarse, ill-mannered person using poor language-
What would you expect out of a pig but a grunt?

on trying to change a stubborn person's mind-
You might as well be whistling jigs to a milestone.

of very bad music-
Aw, that's the tune the old cow died of.

of one who overstays their welcome-
If that man went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening.


of a talkative person-
That man would talk the teeth out of a saw.

of a person who paid too much for a cow-
He bought every hair in her tail.

of a clever thief-
He'd steal the sugar out of your punch.

in praise of strong whiskey-
I felt it like a torchlight procession going down my throat.

said of a woman who had made a bad marriage-
She burnt her coal and did not warm herself.

of bad aim in shooting-
He wouldn't hit a hole in a ladder.

of an impish child-
That one suffers from a double dose of original sin.

of an unfortunate one-
He is always in the field when luck is on the road.

of very wet weather-
It's a fine day for young ducks.

of someone who always plans carefully-
If he's not fishing he's mending his nets

overstaying one's welcome is really good.

The Irish are a fair people; they never speak well of one another. —Samuel Johnson 1709-1784


thats so true

A doorful of a Woman, that is a lot of woman!!!

nout wrong with irish folk

"in praise of strong whiskey-
I felt it like a torchlight procession going down my throat."


I'm totally using this line later on this evening.