He'd offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.
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IRISH PROVERB Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.
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IRISH PROVERB The wood will renew the foliage it sheds.
IRISH PROVERB A poor person is often worthy.
IRISH PROVERB It is often that a cow does not take after its breed.
IRISH PROVERB Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.
IRISH PROVERB If you put a silk dress on a goat he is a goat still.
IRISH PROVERB To every cow its calf; to every book its copy.
IRISH PROVERB A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.
IRISH PROVERB The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
IRISH PROVERB Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
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IRISH PROVERB It is the good horse that draws its own cart.
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IRISH PROVERB Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
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IRISH PROVERB and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
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IRISH PROVERB There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
IRISH PROVERB People live in each other's shelter.
IRISH PROVERB Good questions outrank easy answers.
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IRISH SAYINGS Nodding the head does not row the boat
IRISH SAYINGS A blind man can see his mouth
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IRISH SAYINGS When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
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IRISH SAYINGS Anything will fit a naked man
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IRISH BLESSING May you be fourty years in heaven before the devil knows your dead.
IRISH BLESSINGS May you live a long life full of gladness and health.
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IRISH SAYINGS A silent mouth is sweet to hear
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