School: Carn (roll number 12537)
- Location:
- Knocknashammer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Miadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 162
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- (continued from previous page)Old proverbs
He that buys the plough must either hold or drive
It is not the time to spare when all is spent. The old elephant was the cleverest. A poor place but my own. Blood is thicker than water. The man that made time made plenty of it. It is too late to close the door when the horse is stolen. A penny wise and a pound foolish. it is never too late to mend. Such is home without a mother.
Laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone. Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to-day. Think twice before you speak once. Man proposes but God disposes.
- Informant
- John Durcan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Cuilmore, Co. Sligo
