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1. Proverbs

   

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   Proverbs.
   Speaking in proverbs is almost altogether gone out of use.
   Cur bordog or ere an asal, agus is assal mar sin e.
   Put golden panniers on an ass and he is an ass all the same.

   We never realise the value of water until the well goes dry.
   The longest day brings night in the end.
   The army is only a mob without a leader at its head.
   Better half a loaf than no bread.
   It is better to come in at the end of a feast than the beginning of a fight.
   If there is a way into the wood there is also a way out of it.
   Beware of a bull's horn, a dog's tooth and a mule's hoof.
   The truth from a liar is not believed.
   Don't let your tongue cut your own throat.
   When your hand is in the dog's mouth,withdraw it easily.
   You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
   A good word never broke a tooth.
   The daughter of a bad woman makes a bad wife.
   A hard working mother often makes a lazy daughter.
   Three things you cannot comprehend-the mind of a woman,the working of the bees and the ebb and of the sea.
   Encourage youth and it will progress.
   You never know the luck of a lousy calf.
   The greatest fool in the world knows his own business(what is uppermost in his mind)
   Three things that are labour in vain-throwing water on a drowned mouse

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