Conference tallis::celt

    Irish Saying:
      "Tus maith, leath na hoibre"
    
    Figuratively:
      A good beginning is half the work

    Literally:
      Beginning good, half of the work

     
     What's the story, are the Irish now coming out with fortune cookies?
     
     Or did you buy one of those dippy linen towels?
     
     Cheers,
     
     --Mr Topaz

    Re: -1, We could call 'em McFortune cookies.
    
    
    "Labhar Bearla liom agus brisfidh me do schron."
   
    Speak English to me and I'll punch you in the nose.

    "You will spend the rest of your life in a luxury camper."
    
    No known Irish equivalent.  Awarded to me last week at Peking Gardens.

    Leaprechauns know a few.
    
    For the wicked chicken.
    
    Athnionn ciarog, ciarog eile.
    (Ah-neen kee-rogue, kee-rogue ella)
    
    meaning: It takes one to know one.
    
    Literal: an earwig recognises another earwig.
    
    Nil aon tintain na do thintain fein.
    (kneel ah-on tinthawn naw duh thintawn fein)
    
    meaning : there is no place like home
    
    literal : there is no fireplace like your own fireplace.
    
    Pun on the above :
    Nil aon toin tinn na do thoin tinn fein.
    
    meaning :
    There's no sick asshole like your own sick asshole
    (the pronunciation is close to the first).
    
    Snake will add more.
    

    Is fearr focal sa chuirt na punt sa sparan.
    
    Literally, "A word in court is better than a pound in the purse."
    
    Might apply after having been stopped for a "moving violation."
    

    Nil uasal na iseal nach mbionn suas seal agus sios seal
    
    Meaning
    There is not a rich man or a low man (poor man) who is not down
    in the dumps somtimes and over joyed sometimes.
    
    
    Giorionn beart bothair
    
    Meaning
    2 cut the road
    
    2 shorten the road
    
    Full meaning in English
    
    2 people walking a long journey together chatting make the journey
    seem shorter
    
    
    Rene an Gealach ag obair anseo sa Franc

    Irish Saying:
      "I dtir na nndall is ri fear na leathshuile"

    Meaning:
      "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"
    
    English Phonetics:
      "I jeer na nall iss ree far na lyah-hoola"

    A few more useful ones for you hearty souls...
    

    Irish		 English Phonetics	Meaning
    -----		 -----------------	-------
        
    Seo mo sheal	 Shaw mu hyall		This is my round

    Cad e ba mhaith leat Kaday ba mhaith leat	What would you like?

    Pointa leanna	 pinnta lanna		Pint of beer
    
    Poitin		 Potcheen		goats-milk   :-)
    
    Deoch an dorais	 Jukh a darish		One for the road
    
    Scilidh fion firinne Skilee feen feerinya	Wine divulges truth
    
    Is milis fion ach	 Iss milish feen akh	Wine is sweet but paying
      is searbh a ioc	   sharoo a eek		  for it is bitter

    Irish Saying
    ------------
    Is minic go mbriseadh beal duine a shron
                
    Literally
    ---------
    It is often that a persons mouth breaks their nose
    
    Equivalent
    ----------
    A persons bug mouth can easily land them in trouble
    
    
    And, in addition to .-1
    
    Irish		English Phonetics	Meaning
    -----		-----------------	-----------
    Piont, Mas e do     pee-ont, mause eh du	MINE'S A PINT!
    thiol e.		hull eh.
                                                              
    						:-)
    
    Mike McCrohan	(Micheal MacCriomhthain as Ciarriagh agus Gallaimh)

    Irish Saying:
      "Bionn adharca fada ar buaibh thar l�ar"
    
    Phonetically:
      Bean i-er-ka faa-da ar boo-iv haar lair
    
    Literally:
      "There do be long horns on cows across the sea"
    
    Figuratively:
      "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"

    Irish Saying:
      "S� do chara do phoc�"
    
    Phonetically:
      Shay do hara do foka
    
    Meaning:
      Your pocket is your friend

    Irish Saying:
      "Is fearr an t-adh na eiri go moch"
    
    Phonetically:
      Is far an taa na i-ree go mukh
    
    Meaning:
      Good luck is better than early rising
      (I prefer good luck than getting up early)

    Irish Saying:
      "Sliocht sleachta ar shliochta bhur sleachta"
    
    Meaning:
      "A generation of children for the children of your children"

    My favorite ;v)
      "Nil ag beann ach an teanga"
    
    Meaning:
      "Nothing at a woman but her tongue"

    Irish phrase:
      "Is t'uisge deoch n'a sce'al"
    
    Meaning:
      "A drink is sooner than a story"

    Tongue twister:
      "Tuigeann Tadhg Taidghgi'n ach ni' thuigeann Taidhgi'n tada"
    
    Meaning:
      "Tim knows Little Tim, but Little Tim knows nothing"

    Seo e ceann eile....
    
    "Na bac an mhac an bhachaigh is ni bac an mac an bhacaigh leat."
    
    i e. Don't mind the son of the blind(man) and the son of the blind(man)
    	won't mind you.
    Now for those dreadful phonetics :)
    "Naw bok on wok on vokky iss nee bok on mok on vokky lath"
    Hint:-
    	Try saying very quickly after a few pints of Gu...ess.
    		"the Dooley kid on the Skipjack ranch (Galway).
    
        Slan go foil
    		Sean O'Dubhlaoich.

    Ni dh�anfaidh smaoineamh an treabhadh duit.
    	You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

    Is fearr cogai i gcluais Nora n� li� �n gcnoc is airde.
    	A whisper in Nora's ear is as good as a shout from the highest hill.
    
    Ni bh�onn saoi gan locht.
    	The wise man is not without fault.
    
    Nil aon tinte�n mar do thinte�n f�in.
    	There is no fireside like your own fireside.
    
    An t� nach bhuil l�idir caithfidh s� bheith glic.
    	He who is not strong must be clever.

    Bionn �dh ar an amad�n.
        Fools have all the luck.
    
    Is fearr an t-�dh n� �iri go moch.
        Luck is better than early rising.
    
    An t� a bhfuil an t-�dh air, bionn s� ar an chat.
        He who has luck, his cat has it too.