School: Skryne (roll number 1210)
- Location:
- Skreen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian Mac Gabhann
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- Old SayingsCatch your hare and then cook it.
Working over the clay will soon put a man underneath
A wet day the rain came.
After a storm comes a calm.
Snow will not lie on a hot stone.
What would you expect from a pig but a grunt.
Put silk on a pig and he will root.
Constant dripping wears a stone.
Let sleeping dogs lie.(continues on next page)