The hen’s eyes are where her eggs are.
More Gaelic Proverbs:
The bad neighbour gives a needle without thread.Gaelic
The devil is fond of his own.
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He that is won with a nut, may be lost with an apple.
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I see by my mother-in-law's eyes when the devil takes hold of her.
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Friends and mules fail in hard trials.
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