School: Clochar na Trócaire, Leac an Anfa, Cathair na Mart
- Location:
- Leic Ainimhe, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: An tSr. Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)21. The cat has leave to look at the queen.
22. You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
23. What you won't hear won't trouble you.
24. Too late to spare when all is spent.
25. Time is a good story-teller.
26. What is nearest to the head is nearest to the mouth.
27. A closed mouth catches no flies.
28. Birds of a feather flock together.
29. The longest day must have a night.
30. The nearest is the church, the farthest from the altar.
31. Blood is thicker than water.
32. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
33. Never too late to mend.
34. He that steals a pin will steal a bigger thing.
35. Two heads are better than one.
36. A live dog is better than a dead lion.
37. There is no place like home.
38. It's not from the wind he took it.
39. Nature breaks through the cats eyes.
40. Hard to expect but the son of a cat will kill a mouse.
41. Put a silk dress on a goat and it's a goat all the time.
42. There is no pit of potatoes without some rotten ones.
43. Think twice before you speak once.
44. Look before you leap. 45. When it rains it pours.
46. Everyone is a good jockey on the ground.
47. One trouble never comes alone.
