School: Newtownbarry (B.) (roll number 3633)
- Location:
- Bunclody, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Bháitear Ua Giollarnath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0892, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)151"Half a loaf is better than no bread."
"A bird in hand is worth two in a bush."
This is said of a big garment, "That would fit Fann" (Fionn Mac Cool)
If someone is bullying another boy they say to the boy, "Pluck the bough over you," which means, "Don't let him best you."
"Don't let the grass grow under your feet."
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."
"Waste not want not."
"A penny saved is a penny gained."
"What the eyes never see the heart never grieves for."
"Dead men tell no lies."
"Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day."
"There is no place like home."
This is said of a mean man "He would give you all the birds in the air but catch them yourself."
"Make the hay while the sun shines"
"Foreign cows wear long horns."
"Never tell a story until you are sure it is true."
"The more hurry the less speed."
This is said of a hardyman "He is as hardy as a hedgehog." or "He is as strong as a horse."
"There is no hearth-stone like your own."(continues on next page)
