School: Cormaddyduff
- Location:
- Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Ghiolla Sheanain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 214
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: Cormaddyduff
- XML Page 214
- 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
- A good thing when lost is
valued most.
Before you marry be sure of a house
where in to tarry.
Do not ride a free horse to death.
The last straw breaks the horse's back.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
One year's seeding is nine years weeding
Lose an hour in the morning
and you will be all day hunting it.
Lose an hour in the morning and
you will never catch it.
One man may lead a horse to
the pond but twenty men can
never make him drink(continues on next page)
