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Má tú ag lorg cara gan locht, béidh tú gan cara go deo. Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Bearla clíste. Dá fhada an lá tagann an tráthnóna. Inis do Mháire i gcógar é, is inseoidh Máire dó phóbal é. Is minic cuma aingeal ar an Diabhal féin Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. Is glas iad na cnoc i bhfad uainn. Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón Is minic a ghearr teanga duine a scornach. Trí ní is deacair a thuiscint; intleacht na mban, obair na mbeach, teacht agus imeacht na taoide. Is minic a bhíonn ciúin ciontach Fiche bliain ag teacht, Fiche bliain go maith, Fiche bliain ag meath, is Fiche bliain gan rath N�l aon tinte�n mar do thinte�n f�in. N�l aon t�in tinn mar do th�in tinn f�in. Is � do mhac do mhac inni�, ach is � d'in�on d'in�on go deo. Dia's Muire dhuit agus cuid eile na naomh leat féin Mora na maidene dhuit, agus cuid eile an lae leat féin.

If you are looking for a friend without a fault you will be without a friend forever Broken Irish is better, than clever English. However long the day, the evening will come. Tell it to Mary in a whisper, and Mary will tell it to the parish. There is often the look of an angel on the Devil himself. One cockroach recognizes another. Distant hills look green. It is often that a person's mouth broke his nose. It is often that a person's tongue cut his throat. Three things hardest to understand; the mind of women, the work of the bees, the coming and going of the tide. The quiet one is often guilty. Twenty years coming, Twenty years good, Twenty years declining, and Twenty years useless. There's no hearth like your own hearth. There's no sore ass like your own sore ass Your son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever. God and Mary to you, And the rest of the saints to yourself. Top of the morning to you and the rest of the day to yourself.

Courtesy of Vivian & Jack Hennessey
IrishPage April, 2003
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