943 Irish Proverbs / Page 27
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Need teaches things unlawful.522.
Neighbours bring comfort in adversity but only envy in success.523.
Neither break a law nor make one.524.
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.525.
Neither gives cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.526.
Never ask a fox to mind the hens.527.
Never ask God to give you anything; ask Him to put you where.528.
Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot.529.
Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny.530.
Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.531.
Never buy bread from a butcher.532.
Never buy through your ears but through your eyes.533.
Never call a Kerry man a fool until you're sure he's not a rogue.534.
Never cast a clout till May be out.535.
Never give cherries to pigs or advice to fools.536.
Never praise your son-in-law until the year is out.537.
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.538.
Never rub your eye with anything but your elbow.539.
Never sleep with a stranger or borrow from a neighbour.540.
Never speak to the feet while the head is alive.