Famous Proverbs
948 Proverbs about Irish / Page 79
781.
Neighbours bring comfort in adversity but only envy in success.782.
Never ask a fox to mind the hens.783.
Never buy bread from a butcher.784.
Never call a Kerry man a fool until you're sure he's not a rogue.785.
Never give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.786.
Never praise your son-in-law until the year is out.787.
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.788.
Never rub your eye with anything but your elbow.789.
Never sleep with a stranger or borrow from a neighbour.790.
No forcing the sea.