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   “Time or tide will wait on no man.”

   

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   21. Time or tide will wait on no man.
   22. When the apple is ripe it will fall.
   23. Never throw out the dirty water till the clean comes in.
   24. A new broom sweeps clean but the old one knows the corners the best.
   25. Wilful waste makes woeful want.
   26. Fools make feasts and wise people eat them.
   27. When the old cock crows the young one learns.
   28. A dry March and a dripping June makes the farmers whistle a merry tune.
   29. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
   30. Febuary fills the deck with black and white.
   31. Never trust a July sky.
   32. If on the trees still hold the coming Winter will be cold.
   33. As crooked as the law.
   34. A little and say it well.
   35. Sweet is the closed mouth.
   36. Truth may be blamed but it never can be shamed.
   37. It is too late to bolt the door when the colt is stolen.
   38. It is an ill wind that blows no one good.
   39. Where there is an if there is a want.
   40. Let every herring hand by its own tail.
   41. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derryvony, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Owen Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derryvony, Co. Cavan