MAM's/NANNY's SAYINGS
A blind man on a galloping horse wouldn’t see that (it doesn’t need to be perfect)
A fool and his money are soon parted
A little bit of help is better than a whole lot of sympathy
And the Young shall teach the Old
(A place for everything, and everything in it’s place) ?
“Better late than never…”
“Better (to be) safe than sorry”
Charity begins at home
Don’t pick at it, it will never heal
Every second counts (? maybe Mam)
Everyone to their own taste, as the fella said when he kissed the cow
Feck the begrudgers
Finish one job before you start another
Finish what you started
First things first
Generous to a fault
God helps those who help themselves
God is good, and The Divil’s not a bad fella either
He who hesitates is lost
I might get discovered…
If we’ve as much room in Heaven…(there’s lots of seating etc. space here)
I’m not as green as I’m cabbage-looking (I’m not gullible enough to believe that)
“It’s Everton soup” (there’s ev’rtin it)
Leave well enough alone
Less can be divided
Let there be no panic
Long threatening comes at last…
Live, horse, and you’ll get grass
Neither a lender nor a borrower be
Never say die (keep going/trying)
No time like the present (to do/start something)
One good turn deserves another
Practise what you preach
Pull the other leg, it’s got bells on…
S.O.S - (at this table) “the motto is Stretch Or Starve” (reach for what you want)
Start as you mean to go on
That child was on Earth before
(knows more than they should for their age)
That fella would arg (argue) with his nails
That fella would live in your ear, and set the other one out in flats (apartments)
That’s like the song the oul cow died on (long, dreary)
The Lazy Man’s load (carrying overflowing armfulls of stuff)
The Young shall teach the Old
There’s no time like the present
Too late, too late, shall be the cry, the man with the ____ has passed you by
Waste not, want not
When God made time, he made plenty of it…
Where would we be without The Craic?
You can’t cod (kid/fool) them that’s codded thousands
You ‘got out of bed on the wrong side’ this morning…(grumpy)
You may as well sing Grief as cry it
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