School: Cor an Chasáin
- Location:
- Cornasaus, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 253
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- (continued from previous page)"Late to bed, and late to rise, makes a man beg before he dies."
"you cannto take breeches off a Highlander"
"He sowed no green barley for that."
The above proverb means:- if two people were talking of some person being "smart" or cunning, and one of them knowing the person's father or grandfather to be so, then he or (she) would say - he or (she) sowed no green barley for that
"Dont buy a purse with the last half-crown."
"The longest way round is the shortest way home."
"Wear the cap if it fits you."
"Empty vessels make most sound."
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."
"Those who live in glass houses, should'nt throw stones."
"A dummy tells no lies."
"Dont throw apples into an orchard, or carry turf to a bog."(continues on next page)
