School: Askill (roll number 5294)
- Location:
- Askill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Padraig Ó Treabhair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 337
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- (continued from previous page)"An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron"
"A new broom sweeps clean"
"When the cat is away the mice can play."
"Time and patience would bring a snail to Jeruslaum"
"A stitch in time saves nine"
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
"Look before you leap"
"A child must creep before it can walk."
"A borrowed horse needs hard hooves"
"Beg from a beggar and you'll never be rich"
"You can't have your loaf and eat it"
"Half a loaf is better than no bread."
"Make hay while the sun shines"
"Too late to spare when all is spent."
"Constant dropping wears the stone"
"An idle man tempts the devil"
"Many an honest heart beats beneath a ragged coat."
"When all fruit fails welcome laws [?]"
"He who slights my horse buys my horse."
"Long threatning comes at last"
"A friend in need is a friend indeed"
"Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall and soft upon soft makes none atal"
"Empty barrels makes the biggest sound"
"Live horse and you'll get grass"
"He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Norah K. Travers
- Gender
- Female
