Seanfhocail - proverbs in Irish

Breandán · **Posted:** Tue 21 Aug 2012 3:11 am

Nice work, a Chiain. :good:

By the way, there is no space after a hyphen in the old spelling or the new. :mrgreen:

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 21 Aug 2012 12:53 pm

An Cionnfhaolach wrote:

Saoirse wrote:

Another common one that is useful -

Is glas iad na cnoc i bhfad uainn.
Far away hills are greener.

Cnoic

Tá an 'i' ann anois.

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 21 Aug 2012 6:03 pm

Just found this one, courtesy of beagle when browsing ILF - thought it was worth adding!

Seanfhocal - Bean ar meisce, pis in aisce, Drunken woman, free ride

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=991

Séamus · **Joined:** Sun 25 Dec 2011 2:06 am **Posts:** 126

mimerim wrote:

franc 91 wrote:

It's as hard to see woman crying as it is to see a barefoot duck.

What in the world does that mean?? :darklaugh:

I would interpret it as - It's about as difficult to find a crying woman as it is to find a barefoot duck or " women ar prone to crying"

An Cionnfhaolach · **Joined:** Fri 09 Mar 2012 6:16 pm **Posts:** 1527

Breandán wrote:

By the way, there is no space after a hyphen in the old spelling or the new. :mrgreen:

Noted, GRMA

Saoirse · **Posted:** Wed 09 Jan 2013 11:13 pm

I thought this was an interesting marketing idea. Proverb of the month tee-shirts.

http://www.spailpin.com/en/t-shirts/iri ... -the-month

Saoirse · **Posted:** Tue 30 Jul 2013 10:24 pm

Togh do chuideachta sula suífidh tú. = Choose your company before you sit down.

Very wise!

Courtesy of 500 Seanfhocal by Donla Uí Bhraonáin (Cois Life)

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 3001

Saoirse wrote:

I thought this was an interesting marketing idea. Proverb of the month tee-shirts.

http://www.spailpin.com/en/t-shirts/iri ... -the-month

They still have the H missing on the photos.

(we had a discussion about that on Facebook Gaeilge Amháin)

beagle · **Joined:** Mon 05 Sep 2011 1:45 am **Posts:** 267

Actually, the way Saoirse used the mark it is not a hyphen which goes between 2 letters or words but rather as a dash. Hyphens must have something follow them

Breandán · **Posted:** Tue 06 Aug 2013 5:48 pm

beagle wrote:

Actually, the way Saoirse used the mark it is not a hyphen which goes between 2 letters or words but rather as a dash. Hyphens must have something follow them

Saoirse's use of both the hyphen and dash has indeed been consistent and correct. :yes:

However, it was to Cian's post on the preceding page that my comment referred, and _his _ use has been a bit erratic, to say the least. :LOL:

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