School: Clochar na Trócaire, Buirgheas Uí Luighdheach (roll number 3486)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 112
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- Proverbs are common in every district. The following are the commonest used locally.
1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2. An orange a day keeps the 'flu away.
3. The younger the chicken the sweeter the picking.
4. All over like the fair of Borris.
5. Too many cooks spoil the broath.
6. Never count your chickens before they are hatched.
7. Where there is women there is talk
8. The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.
9. Make hay while the sun shines.
10. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
11. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
12. A watched pot never boils.
13. Every picture tells a story.(continues on next page)
