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School: Ballyline, Callan (roll number 14395)

Location:
Ballyline, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Nic Craith
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    Nothing worthy is ever lightly won.
    Education is the road to competence.
    Always be true to thy work and word.
    The old dog for the hard road and the pup for the path.
    Necessity is the mother of invention.
    A stitch in time saves nice.
    Look before you leap.
    If you put a silk suit on a goat it is still a goat.
    put a devil on horseback and he will ride to hell.
    Riding on a goat is better than the best walking.
    Judge nothing by appearence alone.
    A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    Happy is the corpse the rain falls on.
    After a storm comes a calm.
    When the cat is out the mouse can dance.
    The early bird gets the early worm.
    The cat has leave to look at the King.
    It is hard to put a dog off his track
    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
    Micheál Ó Lorcáin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballyclovan, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Commins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 66
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyclovan, Co. Kilkenny