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Relationships / Dealing With Others
Advice
- Ná bris do loirgín ar stól nach bhfuil i do shlí.
Do not break your shin on a stool that is not in your way.
- Ná nocht d’fhiacla go bhféadair an greim do bhreith.
Don't bare your teeth until you can bite.
- Bhí clog sa chill is níor bhinn clog é. Ach tháinig clog eile ‘on cill is rinne clog binn den ch
There was a bell in the church and it wasn't very sweet sounding.
But another bell came to the church and made a sweet bell of the first one. - Fóireann spallaí do bhallaí chomh maith le clocha móra.
Walls require spalls as well as large stones.
- An té nach bhfuil láidir ní folair dó a bheith glic.
Whoever is not strong must be clever.
- Más maith leat siocháin, cairdeas, agus moladh, éist, feic, agus fan balbh.
If you wish for peace, friendship, and praise, listen, look, and stay mute.
- Ni théann cuileog san mbéal a bhíos dúnta.
A fly will not go into a mouth that is closed.
- An rud nach mbaineann duit ná bain dó.
Don't interfere with [any] thing that doesn't concern you.
- Déan an fál nó iocfaidh tú foghail.
Make the fence or you will pay the plundering.
- Is minic a ghearr teanga duine a scornach.
It is often that a person's tongue cut his throat.
- Is minic a bhris beál duine a shrón.
It is often that a person's mouth broke his nose.
Blessings / Curses
- Go bhfága Dia do shláinte agat.
May God spare you your health.
- Go ndeine an diabhal dréimire de cnámh do dhroma ag piocadh úll i ngairdín Ifrinn.
May the devil make a ladder of your backbone [and] pluck apples in the garden of hell.
- Dia linn is deoch is ní raibh mé riamh bocht.
God with us and a drink, and may I never be poor.
- Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
Health to the men and may the women live forever!
Cooperation
- Chíonn beirt rud nach bhfeiceann duine amháin.
Two people see a thing that an individual does not see.
- Ní neart go cur le chéile.
There is no strength without unity.
- Ní bhíonn an rath, ach mara mbíonn an smacht.
There is no prosperity unless there is discipline.
Family
- A chomhairle féin do mhac árann ‘s ní bhfuair sé ariamh níos measa.
It does not get worse than a dear son that pleases himself.
- Is minic ubh bhán ag cearc dhubh.
A black hen often has a white egg.
- Is folamh fuar é teach gan bean.
A house without a woman is empty [and] cold.
- Is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas.
A little kinship is better than a lot of charity.
- Mol an páiste agus molann tú an mháthair.
Praise the child and you praise the mother.
- An mháthair leis an mac agus an iníon leis an athair.
The mother (sides) with the son, and the daughter with the father.
- Bíonn caora dhubh ar an tréad is gile.
There tends to be a black sheep (even) in the whitest flock.
- Níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin.
There's no sore ass like your own sore ass.
- Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin.
There's no hearth like your own hearth.
- Is é do mhac do mhac inniú, ach is í d’iníon d’iníon go deo.
Your son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever.
Friendship / Community
- Lá Nollaig go péacach is Lá Féile na Stiofáin ag iarraidh déirce.
A showy Christmas Day and begging on the Feast of St. Stephen.
- Is í an eorna nua tú a fheiceáil.
Seeing you is like seeing the new (season's) barley.
- Sileann do chara agus do namhaid nach bhfaighidh tú bás choíce.
[Both] your friend and your enemy think you will never die.
- Is maith an scáthán súil charad.
A friend's eye is a good mirror.
- Aithnítear cara i gcruatán.
A friend is known in hardship.
- Giorraíonn beirt bóthar.
Two people shorten a road.
- 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).
- Maireann na daoine ar scáil a chéile.
The people live in one another's shadows.
Love
- Folíonn grá gráin.
Love veils ugliness.
- Is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin.
The raven thinks its own nestling fair.
- Níl aon leigheas ar an ngrá ach pósadh.
There is no cure for love but marriage.
(The only cure for love is marriage.).
Marriage
- Is maith an bhean í ach níor bhain sí a broga di go foill.
She is a good wife, but she has not taken off her shoes yet.
- Ná gabh bean gan locht.
Do not take a wife without fault.
- Ní féasta go rósta, ‘is ní céasta go pósta.
There is no feast like a roast, and no torment like a marriage.