I don't know; does it mean that both are a regular occurence? Not my favourite saying if that is what it means!

However, when I saw the interaction on a thread here recently as details were hotly debated, I came across this seanfhocal and I thought it appropriate:

'Is fearr an t-imreasc ná an t-uaigneas' = 'Argument is better than loneliness'.

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Ceann eile: 'Cuir síoda ar ghabhar agus is gabhar i gcónaí é.' = 'Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat.'

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I think it's a play on words - it's a hard thing seeing a woman crying (not an easy situation to be in) and it's impossible to see a duck without any skin on its webbed feet.

Bhí clog sa chill, agus níor bhinn an clog é. Ach tháinig clog eile don chill a rinne clog binn den chlog sin.
There was a bell in the church and it wasn't a sweet sounding bell. But another bell came to the church that made a sweet bell of the first.

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An té nach bhfuil láidir , ní foláir dó a bheith glic
Whomever is not strong must be clever

I know this is a little off topic, but when I see a post of yours, I keep reading Gealach instead of Gaelach and thinking you are the man in the moon!

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Another common one that is useful -

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

(Edited to include the elusive 'i'. Grma An Cionnfhaolach!)

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Similar to Ní neart go cur le chéile- Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine- Under the shadow of unity do people thrive/ survive/ live

Is binn béal ina thost- Silence is golden ( A mouth in its quietness is beautiful)

Leanann beoir amháín beoir eile - One beer follows another

Tír gan teanga is ea tír gan anam/ tír gan teanga, tír gan anam- A country without a language is a country without a soul.

Is deacair bó a chur thar abhainn- it is difficult to make a cow go through/ over a river i.e its hard to make someone do something they don't want to do.

aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile- a beetle recognises another beetle (people of the same kind get on well with each other)

Is iontach is annamh/ an rud iontach is annamh- Rarity is a treasure

Seanfhocail ó Chínnlae (cín lae) Amhlaoibh Uí Shúilleabháín

dá fhada é an t- ól is tart é a dheireadh- the longer you drink the thirstier its end

Is milis dhá ól é is searbh dhá dhíol é- It is sweet to drink but its bitter to pay for it

Is fearr súil romhainn ná dhá shúil inár ndiaidh- It is better to have one eye in front of us (in the future) than to have two eyes behind us (in the past)

Domhnach Cásca is lá Nollag an dá lá is fearr don bholg,- Easter Sunday and Christmas day, the two best days for the belly.

"Imíonn na druideanna is na sacáin ina scataíbh re chéile, cia nach d' aon dath ná d' aon ghlór ná d' aon chineál iad. Ní mar so don duine- is ró- olc ' thagann dhá aicme nó chine díobh re chéile ar aon chor"- Starlings and fieldfares flock together even though they are not of the same colour, the same sound or the same kind. This is not what it is like for people- It is awful when two classes or races come together.

Nuair a labharfaidh an chuach ar chraobh gan duilliúr, díol do bhó is ceannaigh arbhar- When the cuckoo sings on a branch without foliage, sell your cow and buy corn.

Is annamh mí- ádh ina aonar- Its seldom that bad luck is on its own

Cruinníonn brobh beart, cruinníonn cloch carnán- a blade (of grass) gathers a bundle, a stone gathers a cairn ( a bundle of stones).

bradaíocht ar bheagáin, is baolach go leanfaidh ar mhórbhradaíocht- There is a danger that minor- robbery can lead to larger- robbery- i.e it becomes easier to do something bad after you have gotten over doing something bad.

Is fearr tigh beag is mórán só ná tigh mór is beagán bídh- A small house with plentiful luxuries is better than a large house with little food.

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Cnoic

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