- How sure this is
- 36% sureThe sources checked so far agree on this one. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- What turned up
- Widely circulated as an Irish proverb (also seen as "the two best cures for anything"); no documented original source or date found.
- Sources checked
- jborden.comChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026