Is súail ní is budi ri bocht.

Is súail ní is budi ri bocht.

(is * trifling * thing * that is * grateful * to * poor man)

A poor man is thankful for even small things.

This saying is found in the versified collection “Diambad messe bad rí réil”, an LL text. It survives in the modern language as “Is buí le bochd an beagán.” A similar modern proverb from Ó Longáin’s Collection (published in “A Miscellany”) is “Is ait leis na daoine dealbha an bhláthach.” (The destitute are happy with buttermilk.)

Topics: Proverbial Sayings