POPULAR PROVERBS, CO. KERRY.
Translation—continued.
80. A house (business) can’t be kept without talk (lit., tongue.)
81. When you go to Rome, act the Roman.
82. Drunkenness hides not a secret (when wine, etc).
83. The (cuckoo-waiter) tit-lark can't attend two strands (at the same time).
84. It is not always yellow Dan is marrying.
85. Grief has no care, but to kill it with patience.
86. A hasty retreat is better than a bad stand (like James II. at the Battle of the Boyne).
87. The lion’s beard is easily pulled, when he is asleep.
88. Justice or equity is preferable to litigation.
89. The people meet, but the hills or mountains don’t.
90. Thirst is the end of drink, and sorrow of love.
91. The raven-messenger from the Ark—said of a slow messenger.
92. Give to a youngster, and he’ll come (call) to-morrow. [ 38 ]93. A crowd of women or a flock of geese (examples of noise).
94. He who is on the fence is a good driver or guide (perhaps better an t-iománaiḋe, hurler).
95. Gentleness is better than violence or rashness [borb-raċt, a violent fit].
96. The angels know each other
97. The madman thinks himself the wise man.
98. Avoid the tavern, or limpets are your food.
99. Correction is never too late. It is never too late to mend.
100. It is a bad stomach that does not warm or heat its own.
101. Youth or youthfulness is mad.
102. He who is well-off is thought much of; he who is down is trodden or kept down [not literal].
103. For a shameless person, it is easier to do his business.
104. He who is without store, his noise is
not thought much of in society.
He who is without store, is not called
to a wedding party.
He who is without store, has no right
to be spending or calling.
He who is without store, is the sport
of the world's misfortunes.
105. The duck is no weight on a lake.
The bridle is no weight on a horse.
The wool is no weight to a sheep.
Sense is no weight to a body.
106. (When) the rich man makes mirth,
Every person says that his voice is
most harmonious,
But sourer than a salty dandelion
Is the voice of the poor man when
making music.
107. The rubbish or crumbs are only where the tree is felled.
108. Practice makes perfect (lit., from the work comes the learning).
109. When food is scarcer, it is then that it is juster to divide it.