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School: Cill Chuisigh (roll number 16296)

Location:
Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Ó Damhnaigh
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    16. Time and tide wait for no man.
    17. Man proposes but God disposes.
    18. A bad beginning is a good ending.
    19. Work is better than talk.
    20. A good word never broke a persons mouth
    21. A stitch in time saves nine.
    22. Learning is better than gold.
    23. Health is better than Wealth.
    24. One penny gets another.
    25. When the wine is in the sense is out.
    26. God made the back for the burden.
    27. A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
    28. The truth never choked a man.
    29. A good beginning is half the work
    30. What the ear will not hear will not trouble
    31. Hunger is good sauce.
    32. There is no fire-place like your own.
    33. The juice of a cow is good alive or dead.
    34. Laziness is a heavy load.
    35. A silent head is never in dread.
    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
    Josephine Feehily
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornalaghta, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Feehily
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornalaghta, Co. Leitrim