A drink precedes a story.
More Irish Proverbs:
It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up awhile and down awhile.Irish
A barrel that contains the wine will retain the drop in its staves.
Irish
Marriages are all happy. It's having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.
Irish
Money swore an oath that nobody that did not love it should ever have it.
Irish
You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail, and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
Irish
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
Irish