School: Cor an Chasáin
- Location:
- Cornasaus, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 255
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- (continued from previous page)"you might as well be looking for Holy Water in an orange Lodge".
"The pot cannot call the pot burned face."
"Its a long road theres no bend in."
"You can lead the horse to the drinking pool, but you can't make him drink.
"you might as well eat shameless, as leave shameless leavings."
"Save the pennies, and pounds will save themselves."
"A wilful waste makes a woeful want."
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"Its more holy than Godly."
"your pocket is your friend."
"its all for luck, what happens is best."
What can you expect from a pig, but a grunt."
"The last man closes the gate."
If ifs and ans would make pots and pans, there would be no call for tinkers."
"He is not as green as he is cabbage looking."
"a man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden full of weeds."(continues on next page)
