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- Bíonn dhá insint ar scéal agus dhá leagan déag ar amhrán.
There are two versions to a story and twelve arrangements to a song.
- Seacht seachtaine ramhra ó Shamhain go Nollaig.
Seven fat weeks from Samhain to Christmas.
- An té a thabharfas scéal chugat tabharfaidh sé dhá scéal uait.
Whoever will bring a story to you will take two stories from you.
- Bíonn siúlach scéalach.
Travellers have tales to tell.
- Nuair a bhíonn an cat amuigh, bíonn an luch ag rince.
When the cat is outside, the mouse does be dancing.
Freedom
- Ag dul chun dlí leis an ndiabhal is an chúirt i n-ifreann.
Going to the law with the devil and the court is in hell.
- Nuair a bhíonn an cat amuigh, bíonn an luch ag rince.
When the cat is outside, the mouse does be dancing.
God
- Dia linn is deoch is ní ráibh mé riamh bocht.
God with us and a drink, and may I never be poor.
- Bíonn grásta Dé idir an diallait agus an talamh.
The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground.
- Tá Dia láidir is máthair mhaith aige.
God is strong and He has a good mother.
- Níor dhún Dia doras riamh nár oscail Sé ceann eile.
God never closed one door without opening another.
- Is giorra cabhair Dé ná an doras.
The help of God is closer than the door.
Learning
- Is trom an t-ualach an t-aineaolas.
Ignorance is a heavy burden.
- Ní heolas go haontíos.
You must live with a person to know a person.
- Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.
Time is a good storyteller.
Nature
- Na trí cairde is fearr agus na trí naimhde is measa: tine, gaoth, is uisce.
The three best friends and the three worst enemies:
fire, wind, and water. - An rud a ghoilleas ar an gcroí caithfidh an t-súil é a shileas.
What pains the heart must be washed away with tears.
- Is treise dúchas ná oiliúint.
Instinct is stronger than upbringing.
- Putóga dubha na bliana ó Nollaig go Lá Fhéile Bríde.
The darkest part of the year, from Christmas until the Feast of St. Bridgit.
- Briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait.
Heredity breaks out in the eyes of the cat.
- Fearthain don lao agus grian don tsearrach; uisce don gé agus déirc don bhacach.
Rain to the calf and sun to the foal; water to the goose and alms to the beggar(man).
- Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
A nettle burns (stings) me. Dock will cure me.
Opportunity
- Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb.
A windy day is not a day for thatching.
- Ní fhanann trá le fear mall.
An ebb(tide) does not wait for a slow man.
Peace
- Níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh.
A good word never broke a tooth.
Right and Wrong
- Is fearr clú ná conach.
A good name is better than riches.
- Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire.
The treachery returns to the betrayer.
The Church
- Ná bí róbheag is ná bí rómhór leis an gcléir.
Don't be too small and don't be too big with the clergy.
- Deireadh gach soiscéal an t-airgead.
[At the] end of every gospel [is] a collection.
- Ráithe ó Fhéile Mhichíl go Nollaig.
'Tis three months from the Feast of St. Michael to Christmas.
- D’áiteodh sé muc ar shagart (is banbh ar chléireach).
He could sell a priest a pig (and the parish clerk a piglet).
- Bia is deoch i gcomhair na Nollaig; éadach nua i gcomhair na Cásca.
Food and drink for Christmas; new clothes for Easter.
The Irish Language
- Ní tír gan teanga.
There is no nation without a language.
- Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Béarla cliste.
Broken Irish is better than clever English.
The Nation
- Ní tír gan teanga.
There is no nation without a language.
The Weather
- Is annamh earrach gan fuacht.
Seldom is Spring without cold.
- Ní hé lá na báistí lá na bpáistí.
The day of rain is not the day of children.
- Is iomaí athrú a chuireann lá Márta dhe.
There is a lot of weather in a March day.
- Olc síon an sioc, is fearr sioc ná sneachta agus is fearr sneachta ná síorbháisteach.
Frost is bad weather,[but] frost is better than snow, and snow is better than eternal rain.
Work
- Cleachtadh a dhéanann maistreacht.
Practice makes mastery.
- Ní chruinníonn cloch reatha caonach.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
- An t-ualach is mó ar an gcapall is míne.
The heaviest load [is] on the gentlest horse.
- Ní dhéanfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit.
You'll never plough a field turning it over in your mind.
- Cuid Pháidín don mheacain an t-eireaballín caol.
The slender little end is the smallest part of anything.
- Ní féidir leis an ngobadán an dá thrá a fhreastal.
The sandpiper can not attend to the two beaches (ebb-tides).
- Gheibheann cos ar siúl rud éigin.
A moving leg gets something.
- Gheibheann pingin pingin eile.
A penny gets another penny.
- Imíonn an tuirse ach fanann an tairbhe.
The tiredness leaves but the profit remains.
- Ní neart go cur le chéile.
There is no strength without unity.
- Molann an obair an fear.
The work praises the man.
- Luigh leis an uan, agus éirigh leis an éan.
Lie with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
- Ní bhíonn an rath, ach mara mbíonn an smacht.
There is no prosperity unless there is discipline.
- Buail an iarann te.
Strike the hot iron.
- Is fearr obair ná caint.
Work is better than talk.
- Bíonn gach tosach lag.
Every beginning is weak.