School: Ballynacally, Inis (roll number 2189)
- Location:
- Ballynacally, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cuinneagáin
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- (continued from previous page)Poverty is no excuse for dirt.
Look before you leap.
Paddle your own canoe.
Never put anything on the long finger.
Tis easier to judge than to deliver justice.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Once bitten twice fly.
Great barkers seldom bite.
The darkest hour is before the dawn.
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
Large vessels could venture more but smaller vessels should keep near the shore.
There is as good a fish in the sea as was ever caught.
There are many ways of killing a dog besides hanging him.
There are more things in your head than a comb would take out.
High in the world like a goat in Kerry.
It's a long road that hasn't a turn.
While the cat is out the mouse can play.
It's too late to spare when all is spent.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Two against one would kill a poor man.
There is no use in throwing dirty water on a drowned rat.
Never give the old for the new.
