Irish Sayings About Food and Drink

Food in Irish proverb is fuel, obligation and memory at once. Capall na hoibre an bia (food is the work’s horse) puts the meal at the start of every job, and the hospitality rule Is túisce deoch ná scéal puts the drink before the guest’s news.

The darker entries are about how quickly the fed forget: Ní bhíonn cuimhne ar an arán a itear (no memory of eaten bread) has been repaid many a favour’s worth of realism.

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