St. Patrick's Day--Irish Sayings Proverb 1
- A good beginning is half the work.
- You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
- Many hands make light work.
- Long churning makes bad butter.
- It's no use boiling your cabbage twice.
St. Patrick's Day--Irish Sayings: Proverb 2
- Every dog is brave on his own doorstep.
- A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it.
- Do not show your teeth until you can bite.
- The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey.
- Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.
- An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
- There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
- The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
- The windy day is not the day for thatching.
- A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
- There are as many good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
- There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught.
- No forcing the sea.
- Men may meet, but mountains never greet.
- It takes time to build castles.
- Time and patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
- Patience is a poultice for all wounds.
- If you don't know the way, walk slowly.
- It was not on one foot that St. Patrick came to Ireland.
- Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.
