Famous Proverbs
948 Proverbs about Irish / Page 71
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Don't let your tongue cut your throat.702.
Don't rest your eyes beyond what is your own.703.
Don't say everything you want to say lest you hear something you would not like to hear.704.
Don't tell secrets to the children of your relatives.705.
Don't tell your secret even to a fence.706.
Don't throw out the dirty water until you have the clean water in.707.
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbour. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.708.
Drunkenness and anger, 'tis said tell the truth.709.
Eight lives for the men and nine for the women.710.
Even a tin knocker shines on a dirty door.