School: Mágh Rua (B.) (roll number 5880)
- Location:
- Moroe, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: John Maher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0522, Page 102
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- Spare the old or you won't have the new,
Save the hay while the sun shines.
A stitch in time saves nine.
An inch is as good as a mile.
What you have not in your hands you cannot hold.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Think twice before you speak once.
Look before you leap.
Rome was not built in a day.
You cannot knock an old dog off his trot.
Health is better than wealth.
After a storm there comes a calm
Praise the youth and he will come
Unity is strength
He gives twice who gives with a good will
He that grasps at too much shall lose all.
A good run is better than a bad stand.
Far away hills look green.
One "ciaroge" knows another.
Its a long road that has no turn.
Happy is he that expects nothing for he won't be disappointed.
Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
One years seeding nine years weeding.(continues on next page)
