School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)
- Location:
- Monknewtown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 405
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Monknewton
- XML Page 405
- XML “Proverbs”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)48. Do not throw good money after bad money.
49. You cannot take feathers off a frog.
50. It is too late to save when all is spent.
51. Too far east is west.
52. If you do not sow you will not reap.
53. Rise with the lark and with him to bed.
54. Necessity is the mother of invention.
55. The boy of to day is the man of to morrow.
56. Cold hands make a warm heart.
57. A little tastes sweet.
58. Do not put an old head on young shoulders.
59. Your pocket is your friend.
60. Always be honest in they work and word.
61. A trade is not hard to carry.
62. Manners make a man.
63. Idleness is the parent of all mischief.
- Collector
- Maggie Marry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Balfeddock, Co. Meath
