School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)

Location:
Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Conaill
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    "April showers bring May flowers."
    "Look before you leap."
    "A watched kettle never boils."
    "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
    "An old Kate Kearney cat."
    "A god beginning is half the work."
    "He who does not drink does'nt be drunk."
    "A stitch in time saves nine."
    "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise."
    "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
    "Time enought lost the ducks."
    "February fill the dyke black or white, if February does not March will. March wind will split your chin and wind of April will heal it up again."
    "Dark it is and darker it is getting."
    "As long as the pitcher goes to the well it is caught at last."
    When a person is lighting a match or anything else the the old people say - "Light of heaven to us all."
    "Arourneen."
    "A chuisle."
    "A chuid."
    "A mhic ó"
    "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
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