Scoil: Gleann Tochair (uimhir rolla 16611)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Proverbs Collected Locally (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   A new broom sweeps clean but the old one knows the corners best.

   The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
   Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to perdition.
   Don't bid good morrow to the devil till you meet him.
   Unselfishness is the bright lamp that helps others in their darkness.
   God never closed one door but He opened another.
   However high you climb the ladder don't try to keep the whole rung to yourself.

   
   Beware of James Mac Laughlin's bargain.

   A few years ago there was a man living in Glentogher named James Mac Laughlin. He wanted a horse. When he was buying him he asked if he had any faults. The seller said
   "Yes" he has two. I will tell you one before you buy him, and the other afterwards". "He is hard to catch on the grass" said he.
   "Ah that is not much" said

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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