1. Is minic a dhein bromaichín gioblach capaillín cumasach  
   It is often that a delicate colt became a competent little horse
2. Ni dhéanfadh an saol capall ráis d'asal
   (All) the world would not make a racing horse from a donkey
3. Caora mhór an t-uan i bhfad
   A lamb becomes a sheep after (carrying it) a distance
4. Is olc an chearc ná scríobann di féin
   It's a poor hen which will not scrape for herself
5. Bíonn gach madra dána ar a tháirseach féin
   Every dog is bold on its own doorstep
6. Is iad na muice ciúine a itheann an mhin
   It is the quiet pigs who eat the oats
7. Is ar mhaithe leis féin a dheineann an cat crónán
   It is for his own benefit that the cat purrs
8. "Chonaic mé cheana thú", arsa an cat leis an mbainne beirithe
   "I saw you before", said the cat to the boiling milk
9. Maith í an bhó, beo nó marbh
   The cow is good, alive or dead
10. Bíonn adharcha fada ar na buaibh thar lear
    Cows far away have long horns [Far away hills are greener]{bó = cow;  plural = ba, baoi, bú - poetic, dative plural = buaibh}
11. Fear na mbó féin faoina heireabaill
    The man who owns the cow must stay under the tail [in the event of having to pull it from a ditch, for obvious reasons]
12. Is maith an capall ná faigheann barrthuisle uair éigin
    It's a good horse that doesn't trip up sometime
13. Aithníonn ciaróg amháin ciaróg eile
    One beetle recognises another beetle [It takes one to know one or Birds of a feather flock together]
14. Briseann an dúchas thí shúilibh an chait
    Nature breaks out through the eyes of the cat
15. Luí leis an uan agus éirgh leis an éan
    Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the bird [Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, and wealthy, and wise]
16. Ni troimide an chaora a holann
    The sheep does not mind the weight of the wool
17. Ni troimide an loch an lachan
    The lake is no heavier for the duck which is on it [Both 16 & 17 relate to the analogy of knowledge and information - education is no load]
18. Bíonn caora dubh ar an dtréad is gile
    There can be a black sheep in the brightest flock
19. Ná comhair do chuid sicíní nó go dtaga siad amach
    Don't count your chickens before they're hatched
20. Béarfaidh bó éigin lao éigin lá éigin
    Some cow will give birth to some calf some day
21. Ni mhaireann rith maith ag an each i gcónaí
    The steed does not retain its good run forever
22. Ni túisce craiceann na seanchaorach ar an bhfraigh ná craiceann na caorach óige
    The skin of the older sheep is on the rafter just as soon as the skins of the young sheep
23. An té a bhfuil bólacht ar chnoc aige ní bhíonn suaimhneas ar sop aige
    He who has livestock on a hill will not sleep soundly
24. Is maith an capall a tharraingíos a charr féin
    It's a good horse which draws its own cart
25. Céard a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú?
    What would the son of the cat do but kill a mouse?
26. Mar a bhíos an cú mór a bhéas an coileán
    As the big hound is, so shall the pup be
27. Drochubh, drochéan
    Bad egg, bad bird
28. Is minic nach ndeachaigh bó le bó dhúchais
    It is often a cow does not take after its breed
29. As a ceann a chrútar an bhó
    It is from her head that a cow is milked
30. Éist le fuaim na habhann agus gheobhaidh tú breac
    List to the sound of the river and you will get a trout
31. Tiocfaidh an lá fós a mbeidh gnó ag an mbó dá heireaball
    The day will yet come  when the cow will need her tail

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