- I dtosach na h-aicíde is fusa í
a leigheas
It is easier to cure a disease at its beginning [A stitch in time save nine] - Is fearr an tsláinte ná na
táinte
Health is better than riches - Ní thagann éag gan ábhar
Death does not come without a reason [There is a reason for everything] - Níl luibh ná leigheas in aghaidh
an bháis
There is no remedy or cure against death - Má tá moladh uait, faigh bás -
má tá cáineadh uait, pós
If you want praise, die - if you want torment, marry - Ná mol fear go bás, nó lá go
tráthnóna
Don't praise a man until he is dead, nor a day until evening [One does not know what either will become] - Is fada a bhíonn an fear ag fás
agus is gearr a bhíonn an bás á chloí
It takes a man a long time to grow, but it takes death a short time to overcome him - Bás in Éirinn, agus caint leis
na haingil
May you die in Ireland, and talk to the angels [Old Irish wish] Ná feic a bhfeicir
Is ná clois a gcloisir
Is má fiafraítear díot
Abair ná feadrais
Don't see what you see
Don't hear what you hear
And if you're asked
Say you don't knowIs minic a bheir dall ar ghiorria
It is often a blind person caught a hare [Used in order to quell boasting]- An rud ná cloiseann an chluas ní
chuireann sé buairt ar an gcroí
What the ear does not hear does not worry the heart - Is fearr rith maith ná
drochsheasamh
A good run is better than a bad stand
