School: Scoil an Chlochair, Cappamore
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Fionntán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 350
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- (continued from previous page)"The early bird catches the worm".
"He that goes borrowing goes sorrowing".
"There are none so blind as they that won't see"
"Win gold and wear it"
"All right", says John Wright, "all wrong", says John Bond
"Too many cooks spoil the broth".
"Think twice before you speak and you will speak twice the better for it".
"The old dog for the hard road and the pup for the path".
"Never put an old head on young shoulders"
"The more we give the more we get"
"The longest way round is the shortest way home".
"Set a beggar on horseback and he will outride the devil".
"If "ifs" and "ands" were kettles and pans what would all the tinkers do".
"For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
for want of a shoe, the horse was lost,
for want of a horse, the man was lost,
all for want of a horse shoe nail".
"Always keep the golden rule, learn your lessons and go to school".
"A used key is always bright".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Dhonncha
- Gender
- Female
