943 Irish Proverbs / Page 13
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Don't rest your eyes beyond what is your own.242.
Don't say everything you want to say lest you hear something you would not like to hear.243.
Don't take a slate off your own house to put on your neighbor's.244.
Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.245.
Don't tell secrets to the children of your relatives.246.
Don't tell your complaint to one who has no pity.247.
Don't tell your secret even to a fence.248.
Don't throw out the dirty water until you have the clean water in.249.
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbour. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.250.
Drunkenness and anger speak truthfully.251.
Drunkenness and anger, 'tis said tell the truth.252.
Eight lives for the men and nine for the women.253.
Even a small thorn causes festering.254.
Even a tin knocker shines on a dirty door.255.
Even a tin knocker will shine on a dirty floor.256.
Even a worm will turn.257.
Even black hens lay white eggs.258.
Even the longest day has its end.259.
Even the truth may be bitter.260.
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.