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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.
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- Long churning makes bad butter.
- It's no use boiling your cabbage twice.
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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.
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- The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey.
- Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.
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- 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.
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- The windy day is not the day for thatching.
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- 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.
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- No forcing the sea.
- Men may meet, but mountains never greet.
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- It takes time to build castles.
- Time and patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.
- Patience is a poultice for all wounds.
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- 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.
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St. Patrick's Day--Irish Sayings: Proverb 3
- One man's meat is another man's poison.
- The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
- If the cap doesn't fit, don't wear it.
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- You can't build a barrel around a bung hole.
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- It is better to be lucky than rich.
- It is better to be lucky than wise.
- It is better to be lucky than to be an early riser.
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Anthony G. Alessi, MD
Charles Glassman, MD
Dale Peterson, MD
Mache Seibel, MD
Peter Weiss, MD
Mitchell Yass, DPT
Dr. Howard Peiper
Dr. Mary Riggin
