School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 058
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- (continued from previous page)You are as quiet as a mouse
You are as awkward as a pig
you are as straight as a barrel of a gun
It is as dry as snuff.
Money burns a hole in your pocket until you spend it.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Have it yourself or do without it
Eaten bread is soon forgotten
A well fed pig in the sty never feels for the hungry pig passing by.
Birds of the one feather always flock together
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
A hungry man eats to live, and a "Glutton" eats to die.
The wise man never told his dreams
Let her live in hope that die in despair
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Spare to spend and spend to spare
spare the rod and spoil the child.
It’s an ill wind that blows no body good luck
Better late than ever
Look before you leap.(continues on next page)
