Never Dance In A Small Boat

Number 2 and 4 are so funny, I never heard any of those sayings, but I have never visited Ireland.

@jabouk I've had many a cup of tea that you could trot a mouse on.

most delightful, thanks so much fer sharin' these :) i'm quite familiar with #7, lol. 've known many a folk who've 'xperienced such. there's so many brilliant sayin's from 'cross the globe that're sadly bein' lost't seems. i wish i'd written down more from where i hailed from, 's many i've fergotten. too many frowned 'pon their use....kinda like me cloggin', lol.

These are all great! Number 4 and number 7 have to be my favorites!

I just love these sayings. Made my day. Some of these I heard when I was in Ireland and I let my Irish friends translated them as they were said in a very heavy Irish accent.

goodness that was sooo hilarious!! he sure is a fun person

I have never heard these sayings before. Are they original to your father in law, or are they common old saying in your culture?

I wooda gotten a big kick outta your father in law. One thing though, what did he mean by "Bejaysus, you could trot a mouse on that cream" I just couldn't make sense outta that. Butt as for a doorfull, I get the feelin he meant height.

Oh I love them, I used a little of my dad's accent there, and it sounded like him in the room.

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Those are great. I don't remember ever hearing them from my Irish grandmother.

Interesting, straight the heart or the horse's mouth especially the one on meeting you for the first time. I recall my grandmother's unique sayings in our language - siva

LOL I don't know Irish accent but these are so funny. I would have loved interacting with him. He sounds fun. 4 and 8 were too funny! Okay I didn't quite get the 6th one. What does it imply?

Number 2,5 and 8 are hilarious!!

sweet. I love the Irish. I have heard some pretty funny things come from my dad's mouth also but he wasn't born in Ireland he's an American hillbilly born in Kentucky, but had some pretty weird sayings and superstitions like all hill people from way back.

So much the better,if you can explain them to me !Today I have searched some of them via Yahoo search,but there are still some as follow :He couldn't hit a hole in a ladder,(I find the one online:can't see a hole in a ladder)you could trot a mouse on that cream,clip a hedge with her tongue,Never dance in a small boat.Thank you !

I do like how the English and Irish have a charming way of using first names when talking with people. The accents I've known were not as strong as these sayings.

Interesting choice of a picture for you, I don't remember you including any household, indoor pets images before. Those are funny sayings. Seven is pretty funny actually. # two would probably apply to me these days, as my aim is bad. When I throw something to someone it usually goes straight up in the air. It did remind me, though, of something I did tonight. I planted two new plants, and watered those and the rest of what's getting ready to bloom. I was going to remove the hose from one spigot on the side and carry the hose to the front to do those plants on the other side, and instead I brought the hose up the ramp. It didn't quite go far enough, so I sprayed the plants from in between the railings of the deck. I was a bit surprised that I was able to keep the stream between the wood and not hit it as much as would be normal for me. Course, the rungs on a ladder are a bit further apart than the railings on a porch, but that's what I thought about.

Wonderful! I need to copy some of these and use them in my daily speech.

i remember Sir Sean Connery who is an Irish. his voice is good and i imagine him saying those quotes too