School: Rathfeigh (roll number 10281)
- Location:
- Rathfeigh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Madden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 274
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- (continued from previous page)(153) As tiny as a wren's mouth.
(154) As tiny as the difference between right and wrong.
(155) It is not every day that Mans kills a bullock.
(156) It is not the big stones along that build the castle.
(157) Every hound is a pup until it hunts.
(158) It is not on one foot that Patrick came to Ireland.
(159) The man on the grass is a good rider.
(160) Ireland for a penny, but where is the penny?
(161) That's like the hen's journey to Scotland.
(162) A shower in July is worth a plough of oxen.
(163) A dry summer never begs its bread.
(164) Never trust a July sky.
(165) August needs the dew as much as men need bread.
(166) After Lammas corn ripens as much by night as by day.(continues on next page)
