Proverb of the Day
Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin.
(Is níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin.)
There's no fireside like your own fireside.
(And there's no sore arse like your own sore arse.)
Explanation:
English "There's no place like home".
The rejoinder is a humorous play on words, because the words for "sore arse" sound like "fireside" in Irish.
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Irish ProverbsOther Irish Proverbs
Everyone must pay the tithes of health.
Woe to him who gets pleasure from another's trouble.
Woe to him who is too strong,
for sorrow will soon be coming.
Alas! Tadhg in the monastery when there's work at home for him.
Misfortune recognises its own person.