School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 014
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- (continued from previous page)36. If you don't sow in Spring, you won't reap in the Autumn.
37. Late to bed, late to rise will make a man beg before he dies.
38. If everyone were prudent there would be no one foolish.
39. Play not with edge tools.
40. Ill got, ill gone.
41. Sick after eating saves nothing.
42. The longer you live the more you learn.
43. When it rains it pours.
44. Do as I say, but don't do as I do.
45. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
46. Two heads are better than one.
47. Smooth waters run deep.
48. Don't look for a needle in straw.
49. Never be first going into a bog, or last leaving a wood.(continues on next page)
