Ní fhulaing seanshlat a sníomh.

Ní fhulaing seanshlat a sníomh.

(not * endures * old rod * its * twisting)

An old rod cannot be bent.

This is equivalent to the saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” It’s from the Irish Grammatical Tracts, originally edited in “Ériu” and quoted in DIL s.v. “sním”.

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