School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Charleville, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 281
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- Proverbs.
1 " A drink for the thirst that did not come yet" as a drunken said when buying a drink the following morning.
2 The best hurler is always on the ditch.
3 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
4 Many hands make light work.
5 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
6 A lie has no legs.
7 Old friends are better than new friends.
8 Spare the rod and spoil the child.
9 Live horse and you will get grass.
10 Empty vessels make most noise.
11 Blood is thinker than water.
12 A watched pot never boils.
13 The longest way round is the shortest way home.
14 The rainy day is not the day for thatching.
15 Far away cows wear long horns.
16 A shut mouth catches no flies.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Markham
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Harrison's Place, Co. Cork
