School: Whitecross, Julianstown (roll number 3380)
- Location:
- Whitecross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Criostóir Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 233
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- 1. Look before you leap
2. A stitch in time saves nine
3. A good run is better than a bad start
4. Its not use locking the stable door when the horse is gone
5. Never put off until tomorrow what your can do to-day
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
7. Kings and bears often worry their keepers.
8. Birds of feather flock together
9. Honesty is the best policy
10. All is not gold that glitters.
11. Heaven helps those who help themselves.
12. Take care of the penee, the pounds will take care of themselves.
13. Catch is a good dog but Holdfast is better.
14. When poverty comes in the door love flies out of the window.
15. Spare when young to spend when old.
16. Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
17. Little and often fills the purse.
18. A silent tongue makes a wise head.
19. A small leak sinks a great ship.
20. Time lost can never be recovered.
21. He goes a-borrowing who goes a s-orrowing.
- Collector
- Mary Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Julianstown, Co. Meath
