School: Scoil an Chlochair, Cappamore
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Fionntán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 346
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- (continued from previous page)"Children and fools should beware of sharp tools"
"Long threatening comes at last"
"A penny for your thoughts"
"March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb."
"The story is gone to the mill with you."
"Fools make feasts and wise men eat theirs."
"Dread is a nice branch"
"Time and tide waits for no man"
"Money lent is money spent"
"Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today."
"A friend indeed is a friend in need."
"It is a bad wind that does not blow good for someone."
"Beastly is not the word for it."
"The more we eat the more we drink."
"Smooth water runs deep."
"He lives twice who lives well."
"Breeding would break out in the eyes of a cat."
"All is not gold that glitters."
"If it were a dog, it would bite you."
"Spare the rod and spoil the child."
"Saying and doing are two things."
"You can lock up from a thief, but beware of the liar"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lil Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
