School: Na Tearmoinn (B.) (roll number 8931)
- Location:
- Tarmon East, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathaláin
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Proverbs (continued)
“If you will keep a thing for seven years you will find use for it.”
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An empty vessel never leaks.
After a storm comes a calm.
Home sweet home there is no place like home.
Beef to heels like a Mullingar heifer.
Deep water runs smoth.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
The more the hurry the less speed.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
If you marry in May you will rue the day.
John fell out through the box.
The man with the most talk is not the best worker.
The man on the ditch is the best hurler.
As white as a soul of a child.
As firm as a lobster's grib.
As rich as Erin's soil.
As sweet as honey.
As black as pitch, as green as grass.
As white as milk.
The sun comes out after the rain.
When the cat is out the mouse can dance.
A good beginning is half the work.
It is not a strong man that has all the sense.
The longest road has a turning.
The first of the sup is the hottest.
There is no table like your own table.
The earliest bird picks the earliest worm.(continues on next page)