The cow that does not eat with the oxen, either eats before or after them.
More Gaelic Proverbs:
The fox goes through the corn and does not eat, but brushes it down with his tail.Gaelic
You a lady, I a lady, who is to put the sow out of doors?
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The devil is fond of his own.
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He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.
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He that is won with a nut, may be lost with an apple.
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