School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)
- Location:
- Brierfield, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 120
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- (continued from previous page)20. Dead men tells no tales.
21. When it rains it pours.
22. Fair without and foul within.
23. Early to bed and early to rise is the way to be healthy and wealthy and wise.
24. It is never too late to learn.
25. Always taking out of the bog and never putting in will soon come to the bottom.
26. If you have your business done go if not sent.
27. Beg from a beggar and you never will be rich.
28. It is easy to pass by a dead man's door.
29. Never judge a book by the cover.
30. Never bury a pig in a bag.
31. Look before you leap.
32. From the frying pan into the pan.
33. Light hearts live long.
34. The back was made for the burden.
35. A closed mouth catches no flies.
36. Your pocket is your friend.
37. Evil habits grow apace.
38. Do not be hard and do not be soft.
39. Time or tide waits for no man.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lil Connelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brierfield South, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs M. Connelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Brierfield South, Co. Galway
