School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall

Location:
Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhártain
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 015

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 015

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
  2. XML Page 015
  3. XML “Proverbs and Sayings”

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

  1. (continued from previous page)
    50. Aim before you shoot.
    51. Fine feathers make fine birds.
    52. Spy school and remain a fool.
    53. Never venture, never win.
    54. All is not gold that glitters.
    55. They who lovet danger shall perish in it.
    56. Wilful want makes woeful want.
    57. The more you walk the more you see. The less you talk, the better you will be.
    58. Tell me your company and I'll know who you are.
    59. Many hands make light work.
    60. Fools make feasts but rich men eat them.
    61. Long threatening comes at last.
    62. If you want to do a thing do it yourself.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English