School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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- (continued from previous page)49. Set a beggar on horse back and he'll ride to hell.
50. A straight tree may have crooked roots.
51. Honest men are easily bound.
52. He lives twice, who lives well.
53. One good turn deserves another.
54. Violent fires soon burn out.
55. Virtue alone is true nobility.
56. Every dog is wary at his own door.
57. A covetuous man is always in want.
58. Time and tide waits for nobody.
59. It is not right to put on old head on young shoulders.
60. Well begun is half done.
61. Sense does nor come before age.
62. The best hurler is always on the fence.
63. Unity is strength.
64. A friend in need is a friends indeed.
65. When it rains, it pours.
- Collector
- Nora Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
