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1. Proverbs

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Here are some proverbs from the Gaelic which are not found in any other language:

   It is not every day that Manus kills a bullock,
   It is not the big stones alone that build the castle,
   Every hound is a pup until it hunts
   It is not on one foot that Paterick came to Ireland
   The man on the grass is a good rider
   Ireland for a penny, but where is the penny

   When a man says every day that he will settle down and do a certain task to-morrow and breaks his promise we say,
   Thats the hens journey to Scotland

   When the Gael wishes to describe whiteness he says:-
   As white as the foam on the rock, or as white as the Virgins garment, or as white as the soul of a child.

   He skeaks of a generous person as being

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