School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)

Location:
Coolronan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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    18. Always taking out of a sack and never putting anything in to it will soon come to the bottom.
    19. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do to-day.
    20. One years (?eeding) seeding makes nine years weeding.
    21. Borrowed horses need hard hooves.
    22. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    23. She would give you the birds in the air only for you to catch them
    (24 He that bags)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English