School: Meall an tSrutháin (roll number 2117)
- Location:
- Maulatrahane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Luasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0299, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)71) Ag díol mealladh is ag ceannach mísleán.
72) Is maith í an óige do'n té a cuireann í ar fónghnamh.
73) A covetous person is ever in want.
74) He who has a trade has an estate.
75) A watched pot never boils.
76) A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
77) Birds of one feather flock together.
78) Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
79) Out of sight, out of mind.
80) The Lord sends the devil cooks.
81) Its an ill wind that blows no-body good.
82) Teaspach dearg fíor audheacht[?].
83) An empty sack will not stand upright.
84) Give everybody the ears but few thy tongue.
85) Empty vessels will not leak.
86) Praise the fair at night.
87) The longer you live the more you learn.
88) Between two stools you come to the ground.
89) Conversation is the pastime of mankind.
90) A man's mind is his kingdom.
91) Suspicion haunts the guilty mind.
92) The mills of God grind slowly but(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlin h-Airtneada
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghills, Co. Cork
