Fó cach tan teine.

Fó cach tan teine.

(good * every * time * a fire)

A fire is fine anytime.

A maxim from “Tecosca Cormaic”, one of the “speculum principum” texts, full of good advice for rulers. This sentiment is actually put in a woman’s mouth and seems to be intended to illustrate what the author perceives to be women’s excessive love of comfort. This tangentially calls to mind a modern saying:

Áit a mbíonn toit bíonn teine.
Áit a mbíonn teine bíonn teas.
Áit a mbíonn teas bíonn mná.
Áit a mbíonn mná bíonn geab.

(Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
Where there’s fire there’s heat.
Where there’s heat there are women.
Where there are women there’s gab.)

Topics: Proverbial Sayings