School: Naomh Eoin, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 1301)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bráthair Tomás Mac Binéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)is like a gold ring in a guinea pigs nose.
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
It's a long lane that has no turning.
It's an ill wind that blows good for nobody.
Let the best horse jump the ditch.
Out of sight out of mind.
Many hands make light work.
Merry hearted boys make the best of old men.
Too many coooks spoil the broth .
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
He that fights and runs away shall live to fight another day.
The wish is further than the thought.
Never take the book by the cover.
All is not gold that glitters.
A fox with gloves catches no poultry.
I am not the first with wich the new is tried, but yet not the last to throw the old aside.
Let the young mind what the old say but when danger is near keep out of the way.
No use locking the stable door when the steed is stolen.
