School: Broca
- Location:
- Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 448
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- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Hunger is good sauce.
Vessels large can venture more but little boats should keep near the shore.
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
The day of the wind is not the day of the "scollop."
Many hands make light work.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
Action speaks louder than words.
It is never too late to mend.
What can't be cured must be endured.
After a storm comes a calm.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
Better later than never.
Don't count the chickens until they are out.
Birds of a feather flock together.
There is many [a] slip between the cup and the lip.
Children and fools shouldn't handle edged tools.
It is a long road that there is no turn in.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Keany
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annagh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Brian Keany
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 23
- Address
- Annagh, Co. Leitrim
