School: Ashfort (B.), Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Ashford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: -
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- (continued from previous page)"As grand as the pot."
"As black as the crane"
"The longer you live, the more you learn."
"March comes like a lion, and goes like a lam
"Self praise is no recommendation."
"It is often a person's mouth broke his nose."
"Time is a good story-teller."
"Praise the yought and it will come."
"When the old cock crows the young cock learns."
"A quiet tongue shows a wise head."
"A nod from a a Lord is a breakfast for a fool."
"As great a pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefooted
"A suple mother makes a lazy child."
"A friend's eye is a good looking-glass."
"The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor."
"A hedge between keeps friendship green."
"A blind man's wife needs no painting."
"One scabby sheep may spoil a whole flock."
"An ungratefull child is the revenge of heaven."
