IRISH FLORA & FAUNA
FLORA & FAUNA
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.
A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.
If you lie down with dogs you'll rise with fleas.
A wild goose never reared a tame gosling.
Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallions tail.
As the old cock crows the young cock learns.
A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.
It's difficult to choose between two blind goats.
There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.
Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him.
Often a cow does not take after its breed.
What would a young cat do but eat mice?
Nature will come through the claws, and the hound will follow the hare.
If you put a silk dress on a goat he is a goat still.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land.
She would drink the cream and say the cat she had was an old rogue.
The horse with the most scars is the one that highest kicks his rear.
It's for her own good that the cat purrs.
Sending the goose on a message to the fox's den.
Putting the fox to mind the geese.
A greyhound finds food in its feet.
The bird that can sing and won't sing should be made to sing.
The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
A hen is heavy when carried far.
A hound's food is in its legs.
