News:

Welcome to the Renaissancefestival.com Forums!  Please post an introduction after signing up!

For an updated map of Ren Fests check out The Ren List at http://www.therenlist.com!

The Chat server is now running again, just select chat on the menu!

Main Menu

Celtic Proverbs

Started by Julianne, June 20, 2009, 12:40:27 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Julianne

Of all the Celtic tribes extraordinary sayings most I've found to be sane and stable and true.  Surpassing the eons they remain a lesson to me.

These are are few that have been anglised:


Keep the heid! - Stay calm, don't get upset.
Is the cat deid? - Has the cat died? Means your trousers are a bit    short - like a flag flying at half mast.
Haud yer wheesht! - Be quiet.
Noo jist haud on! - Now just hold it, slow down, take your time.
;D

And Gaelic:

Bàthaidh uisge teth teine.
Hot water will quench fire.

Cùm do chù ri leigeadh.
Hold back your dog till the deer falls.

Is fheàrr teicheadh math na droch fhuireach.
Better a good retreat than a bad stand.



Give us your best.
;)




Anna Iram

"Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot"
No idea what this means, but one day I'm gonna whip it out at just the right moment... :)

I like this one. A good reminder to give fully
"If you loan your breeches don't cut off the buttons."

...and my personal motto.  :)
"Dress a goat in silk and it's still a goat."

I do like silk though. :)


bellevivre

Boiled carrot- carrots are soft- could be a 'Johns Inn' allusion, or a reminder to always use your strongest, most reasoned argument- other wise the 'boiled carrot' will soon be broken through.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Belle the Kat

Clan Procrastination's Ambassador to the Seelie & UnSeelie Courts

Charlotte Rowan

Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón.
It's often a person's mouth broke their nose.
Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting.

Anna Iram

#4
LOL yeah..isn't *that* the truth! A black eye or two as well.  ;D

..but, I think sometimes a person's mouth can kick in the door and create a better world for those who will follow.


Julianne

Luck never gives; it only lends.

Poldugarian Warrior

Very cool, this is the first I've seen of this thread. I don't have any proverbs, but I'll ceratinly read yours and take them to heart. Thank you for sharing.

Tom

The believer is happy, the doubter is wise.
Thanks,

Tom

A.K.A. - Lady Serenas husband

Poldugarian Warrior

In two shakes of a lambs tail. (To be very quick. ) Not sure if English or Irish.

irish

My Great~Uncle told me this one last night.........{a Celtic saying}

"Never give a sword to a man, who cannot dance"

What it means...I have no clue...... ???.......lol!
{And he didn't know either.}
irish~ren ~
Cruise Director ~
Clan O'Doinn (Sterling) ~
Irish Penny Brigade (New York)

Queen Bonnie

 What can you expect from a pig- but a grunt.

Meaning don't expect anything wise or kind from a lout.
Wingardium Leviosa!
Tis not the length of the staff- but the magick there in!

Lady Christina de Pond

Quote from: irish on January 12, 2010, 04:06:30 PM
My Great~Uncle told me this one last night.........{a Celtic saying}

"Never give a sword to a man, who cannot dance"

What it means...I have no clue...... ???.......lol!
{And he didn't know either.}


i've heard this one before i guess it means if he can't dance he doesnt have the finess to fight
Helmswoman of the Fiesty Lady
Lady Ashley of De Coals
Militissa in the Frati della Beata Gloriosa Vergine Mari

Tink

Quote from: Lady Christina de Pond on April 01, 2010, 11:22:37 AM
Quote from: irish on January 12, 2010, 04:06:30 PM
My Great~Uncle told me this one last night.........{a Celtic saying}

"Never give a sword to a man, who cannot dance"

What it means...I have no clue...... ???.......lol!
{And he didn't know either.}


i've heard this one before i guess it means if he can't dance he doesnt have the finess to fight


Or maybe he's not very graceful or coordinated, so don't give him a sharp object?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - W. Shakespeare

redkimba

Beauty will not make the pot boil.
Ní hí an bhreáthacht a chuireann an crocán ag fiuchadh.

(from http://www.caro.dna.ie/proverbs/)

I'm using this one when all the guys do is stare at the girls while "talking" to me...

DonaCatalina

Ge b'e thig gun chuireadh, suidhidh e gun iarraidh.
Who comes uninvited will sit down unbidden.

Then my favorite;
An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the earth.
Aurum peccamenes multifariam texit
Marquesa de Trives
Portrait Goddess