School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)
- Location:
- Dunleer, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ó Ceallaigh
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- 1. Some of the old proverbs are still spoken of to day. They are very wise and the people that made them must have been very wise. Those are the proverbs which are used about Dunleer.
2. A little help is better than a lot of pity.
What God proposes man disposes
God's hand is nearer than the door
Better late than never.
A stitch in times saves nine.
You might as well try yo take breeches of a hedgehog.
A good beginning is half the work.
He who steals my purse steals thrash.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Dermot Brown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunleer, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Brown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunleer, Co. Louth