School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 118
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- (continued from previous page)Once down is no battle.
Long threatening comes at last.
When the cock crows the hen delivers the goods.
You cannot have your loaf and eat it.
Sit a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil.
She watches him as a cat would a mouse.
He who flings mud is losing ground.
You cannot serve two masters.
Things half done are never done right.
He is as busy as a hen at a bag of oats.
The man on the ditch is the best footballer.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
A strong man is said to be as handy as
a hedgehog.
The evil men do, lives after them but the good is often intered with their bones.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway
