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School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)

Location:
Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 146

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  1. Local Proverbs (continued)

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    When the cat is out the mice can play
    Its hard to kill a bad thing
    There are good goods in small parcels.
    A fool and his money are easily parted.
    You cannot take blood from a turnip
    A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind
    Sympathy without relief is like mustard without beef.
    Too late to save when all is spent.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    The old dog for the hard road and the puppy for the corner
    What the old cock crows, the young cock learns.
    One foot on the bar of soap and the other in the grave
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Teresa Tiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss B. Kivlehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmably, Co. Sligo