School: Bán-Tír (B.) (roll number 2803)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 550
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- No good in throwing water on a drowned rat.
A bad egg, a bad bird.
A heavy purse a light heart
You would mind mice on the cross of four roads.
No good in crying over spilt milk.
When you're down, down with you.
Have it yourself or be without it.
You're dressed in penny-worths and halfpenny worths
You are like a hen having an egg, and don't know where to lay it.
The old dog for the road, and the pup for the path.
You'd fight the fair.
A knife to the floor, a gentleman to the door.
A fork to the floor, a lady to the door
A spoon to the floor company to the door
The carving knife to the floor, a great "swank" to the door.
You are only full of wind.
If you haven't good news, don't have bad news.
A dead man tells no tales
Walls have ears my dear.
Let the dead rest.
If you'll break one thing you'll break three.
Mind your shop, and your shop will mind you.
Saturday's wash for Sunday's dash
A wet May, and a fine June, makes the farmer whistle a tune.
- Collector
- John Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
