Celtic Proverbs

[DonaCatalina]

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.}

Its a roundabout way of saying someone is clumsy. (runs with scissors, LOL)

[Julianne]

Actually....there was intended a more kind idea...if he dances with a sword then he's not fit to dance with people....meaning if he is a man of war then he'll never know the joy of life.
There is the obvious...also it was a sort of etiquette thing...in that if you were to dance with the lady then you should remove the ugly.

If he chooses to make war and can't understand the frivolities and joy of life ...then don't make him your warrior.

[Fraser of Lovatt]

I beg to differ...

My Grandfather explained that saying to me many years ago.  If you cannot dance then you cannot properly use a sword in combat, which was sometimes called The Dance of Blades. 



Men of war are then only ones that truely know the sweetness of life...  ask any man that has been in combat.

[Bronwyn Blackmantle]

Every dog is brave on his own doorstep.

[wyckdblyss]

A friends eye is a good mirror.
Is maith an scáthán súil carad.


Wine reveals the truth!
Sgéitheann fion firinne!


I really like these...

[Hibernian]

"Though the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword speaks louder and stronger at any given moment."

~Leonard Wibberley, Irish Author (The Mouse That Roared)

[Poldugarian Warrior]

wyckdblyss , and Hibernian. Your two quotes have the most meaning, because they are so true. Thanks for sharing.