There you bound me

That harvest day!

Ah! that I in your blessed bond, love,

Fair and fond, love,

Happy, for ever and ever, stay!

Patrick J. Coleman.

SELECTED IRISH PROVERBS, ETC.

A man ties a knot with his tongue that his teeth will not loosen.

Honey is sweet, but don’t lick it off a briar.

The doorstep of a great house is slippery.