Irish Proverbs by Laurence Flanagan

Author:Laurence Flanagan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan

KINSHIP AND HEREDITY

376

An t-uan ag munadh méidleach d’a mháthair.

The lamb teaching its dam to bleat. [B]

377

Gach dalta mar oiltear.

Every nursling as he is nursed. [B]

378

Má’s ionmhuin liom an chráin is ionmhuin liom a h-ál.

If I like the sow I like her litter. [B]

379

Sgíordann éan as gach ealt.

A bird flies away from every brood. [M]

380

Is fada leanas a’ duthchas.

Natural disposition runs a long way. [M]

381

Is lom gualainn gan brathar.

A shoulder without a brother is bare. [M]

382

Is mairg a bhíonn’s gan dear’thar.

Woe to him who is brotherless. [M]

383

Sá bhaile tá’n gaol.

It is at home the friendliness is. [M]

384

An t-olc gan mhaith a d-tóin a chóimhigh.

The bad and no good on the back of a stranger. [MA]

385

Guid é bheitheá brath air chat acht pisín?

What would you expect from a cat but a kitten? [MA]

386

Is de’n g-cat a t-earbull.

The tail is part of the cat. [MA]

387

An easgainn ag ithe a ’rubaill.

The eel eating her own tail. [MA]

388

Is olc seanadh an éin a thréigeas a h-éunlaith féin.

The bird has little affection that deserts its own brood. [MA]

389

Is tibhe fuil ná uisge.

Blood is thicker than water. [MA]

390

Ma ’s dubh, ma ’s odhar no donn, Is d’a meannan féin bheir a habhar a fonn.

Whether it be black, dun or brown, It is its own kid the goat loves. [MA]

391

An nidh a chi an leanabh, ’sé a ghnidh an leanabh.

The thing the child sees is what the child does. [MA]

392

Char bhris cearc na n-éun a sprogaille a ríamh.

A hen with chickens never yet burst her craw. [MA]

393

Théid gach éun le n’ alt fein.

Every bird goes along with its own flock. [MA]

394

Eunlaith an aon eite a n-éinfheacht ag eitiollaigh.

Birds of one feather flying together. [MA]

395

Is tréise an dúchas ná an oileamhuin.

A hereditary disposition is stronger than education. [MA]

396

Gach cat a n-déigh a chineáil.

Every cat after its kind. [MA]

397

Briseann an dúchas tre shúilibh a chait.

The natural disposition of a cat bursts out through her eyes. [MA]

398

Thug se ó dhúchas é, mur thug a mhuc a rútail.

He got it from nature, as the pig got the rooting in the ground. [MA]

399

Guid é dheanadh mac a chait acht luchóg a ghabháil?

What would the son of a cat do but catch a mouse?

400

Gach eún mur oiltear é, ars’ an chuach a’ dul ’s a neanntáig.

Every bird as he has been reared, said the cuckoo, as she went into the nettle. [MA]

401

Budh dual do laogh an fhiaidh, rith a bheith aige.

It is natural for the fawn of a deer to have fleetness. [MA]

402

An rud fhásas ’s a g-cnáimh, ni féadar a dhíbirt as a bh-feóil.

The thing that grows in the bone is hard to drive out of the flesh. [MA]

403

Beiridh cearc dhubh ubh bhán.

A black hen lays a white egg. [MA]

404

Chan úaisle mac righ ná a chuid.

The son of a king is not nobler than his food. [MA]

405

Saoileann gach éun gur b’é a chlann féin is deise air a g-coill.

Every bird thinks her own young ones the handsomest in the wood. [MA]

406

Ná bi ’g ’ul eadar a craiceann ’s a crann.

Do not go between the tree and its bark.

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