The smartest, strangest and most accurate Irish proverbs

Profound and profane, the wit of the Irish

KENNETH HAYNES,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:49 AM

Updated Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:49 AM

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nena729 | Oct 05, 2012, 10:06 PM EDT

What butter or whiskey does not cure cannot be cured. Butter and whiskey was used for medical purposes. My mom would use butter on scrapes, burns, abrasions, bug bites...just about anything! Whiskey was used for a tooth ache, whooping cough, bronchial infection and other ailments.

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IrelandNorth | May 21, 2012, 09:08 AM EDT

Working class Dublin woman at Saint Catherine's Church on Thomas Street waiting for a bus. One arrives but is full up. Asks the driver - "will the next one be long?" "About the same length as this one" says he, somewhat smart- alecky! "Will a feckin' monkey like you be driving it!" sez she.

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CMMcShane | May 18, 2012, 02:58 PM EDT

Grandpa McShane on drinking Whisky "One is enough, Two is too many and Three is not half enough".

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100thApefrom58 | May 18, 2012, 02:56 PM EDT

Oop's...had to stop..and take a tip or 2..to.3-5 ?..but I'll tell ya's all ! That Bythebay is still offffffff! the menu !!! (every branch) LOL! "everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler' .

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dibble2008 | May 18, 2012, 02:29 PM EDT

my grand parents had loads of sayings like that. If they was going to be trouble or an argument i remember my granda saying, oh their'll be skin and hair flying. ha ha

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100thApefrom58 | May 18, 2012, 02:15 PM EDT

The lousy'est wettest, coldest day fishin'.. beats a sunny blue bird day on the job..sorry

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Bythebay | May 18, 2012, 01:23 PM EDT

When Irish Central says Irish, read American.

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Murph46 | May 18, 2012, 12:06 PM EDT

That picture-It's byethebay!

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