School: Carrigeencor (roll number 10826)
- Location:
- Carrigeencor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Annie Gillmor
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Live horse and you'll get grass.
As the old cock crows, the young one learns.
A stick in time saves nine.
Idle people never prosper.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
You can watch a thief, but you can't watch a lie.
Many hands make work light.
A little pot is soon hot.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Two many cooks spoil the broth.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A willful waste make a woeful want.
When the cats away the mice can play.
Quietness catches mice.
Your pocket's your friend
A song a son till he gets a a wife a daughter is a daughter all her life.
It's long road that there is no turning.
Smooth wather is neaver deep.
I don't boil my cabbage twice
Wet in May, and heat in June
Makes the ploughman sing a merry tune.
A shut mouth catches no flies.
One good turn deserves another.
It's not every day that Paddy buys a calf.(continues on next page)
