943 Irish Proverbs / Page 45
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When the old woman is hard pressed, she has to run.882.
When the river sounds, it's because it carries water.883.
When the sky falls we'll all catch larks.884.
When the sky falls we'll catch larks.885.
When wrathful words arise a closed mouth is soothing.886.
When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.887.
When you see a goat you should always hit him, because he is either going into mischief or coming out of it.888.
When you're not fishing be mending the nets.889.
When your hand is in the dog's mouth, withdraw it gently.890.
Where comes a cow the wiseman lay down, there follows a woman, and where comes a woman follows trouble.891.
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.892.
Wherever there are women there's talking, and wherever there's geese there's cackling.893.
While young, it's all dreams; when old, all memories.894.
Whiskey when you're sick makes you well; whiskey makes you sick when you're well.895.
Whoever the cap fits, takes it.896.
Willful waste makes woeful want.897.
Willows are weak but they bind other wood.898.
Wind from the east is good for neither man nor beast.899.
Wine divulges truth.900.
Winter comes fast on the lazy.