School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 023
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- (continued from previous page)Fine feathers make fine birds.
49 When the cat is away the mice can play
50. Necessity needs no law.
51 People in glass houses should not throw stones.
52 The pot calling the kettle black
53 Laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone.
54 If the world frowns on you the sun shines on you.
55 Honesty is the best policy.
56. You will never miss the water til the well runs dry.
57. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
58. You can not put an old head on young shoulders.
59. A new broom sweeps clean.
60. A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
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- Collector
- Nancy Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath
