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Living and Dying
Death
- Nollag ghlas, reilig mhéith.
A green Christmas, a fat graveyard.
- Bíonn súil le muir ach ní bhíonn súil le tír.
There is hope from the sea, but there is no hope from the land (grave).
- Is iomaí lá sa chill orainn.
We are in the Churchyard (grave) many a day.
- Bíonn an bás ar aghaidh an tseanduine agus ar chúl duine óig.
Death is facing the old (person)
and behind the young (person). - Nuair a thiocas an bás ní imeoidh sé folamh.
When death will come, he won't go away empty.
Health
- Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad.
A light heart lives a long time.
- Tá Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige.
God is strong and He has a good mother.
- Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
Health to the men and may the women live forever!
- ‘Sé leigheas na póite ól arís.
It is the cure of a hangover (to) drink again.
- Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
A nettle burns (stings) me. Dock will cure me.
- An té a bhíonn breoite, ní bhíonn feoil air.
The person who is ailing, there does not tend to be meat on him.
- Is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte.
Health is better than wealth.
- Ní bhíonn tréan buan.
Strength is not enduring.
Life
- Níl sa saol ach gaoth agus toit.
In life there is only wind and smoke.
- Is búaine clú ná saol.
Fame is more enduring than life.
- Is ait an mac an saol.
Life is strange.
[Such is life]. - Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.
Time is a good storyteller.
- Ní fhanann trá le fear mall.
An ebb(tide) does not wait for a slow man.
- Castar na daoine ar a chéile, ach ní chastar na cnoic (ná na sléibhte).
The people encounter one another, but the hills never meet (nor the mountains).
- Is iomaí cor sa tsaol.
There is many a twist in life.