School: Naomh Féichín, Mainistir
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan De Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0172
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- 1. A bottle of stout is good no doubt
2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
3. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
4. A dirty grate keeps the dinner late.
5. A green Christmas makes a grassy Churchyard
6. Far off what god sends
7. A good hurler is always stuck in the ditch.
8. The cat can look at the king
9. Two hens fighting is the sign of strangers
10. Cows far away have long horns
11. Second thoughts are not always the best
12. A bird in a hand is as good as two in a bush
13. A decent man is always poor.
14. The more rain the more rest all sunshine is not the best
15. Tis a long clamp of turf makes a good fire
16. Two many cooks spoil the broth
17. One fool makes many
18. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
19. Fools build houses and wise men live in them
20. A watching pot never boils.
21. A wet day spoils the hay.
22. A stitch in time saves nine.
23. If you dont sow you wont reap
24. Time and tide waits for no man
25. Better late than never
26. What the mind couldn't understand(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dillie Abberton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kylebrack, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs F. Abberton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kylebrack, Co. Galway
