School: Beann Gulban (roll number 3301)
- Location:
- Kiltykere, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Giolla Mhártain
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When the old cock crows the young cock learns.
A penny for your thoughts.
I'll got , i'll gone.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Hills look green far away.
Cheat me once , shame on you;
Cheat me twice, shame on me.
Three are always good to keep a secret when two are away.
Let not the shoemaker go before the shoe.
The long way around is the short way home.
A rolling stone gathers mo moss.
What's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.
Silence gives consent.
The devils' a busy bishop in his diocese.
"Hame is hamly" as the devil said when he found himself in the law-court.
April and May keep away from the sea.
June and July dip to your eye.(continues on next page)
