1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Broadford, Moyvalley

School: Broadford, Moyvalley (roll number 764)

Location:
Broadford, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Dónall Ó Buachalla
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0771, Page 019

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0771, Page 019

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Broadford, Moyvalley
  2. XML Page 019
  3. XML “Proverbs”
  4. XML “Proverbs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  2. Proverbs

    Share Share Post
    Proverbs.
    A stitch in time saves nine. If a person has work to do they should not put it back from day to day because if it is done at first it may save a great deal of trouble.
    Honesty is the best policy. Everybody should be honest as a dishonest person is always found out.
    Hills are green far away. If you only see a person you can't judge their character.
    Time and tide wait on no man. No matter what happens time and tide will keep going on and no one can stop it.
    Strong cannot last. If a person has work to do
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynadrumny, Co. Kildare