School: Ráth Ó gCormaic (B.), Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Rathgormuck, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Créigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 148
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- A stitch in time saves nine.
Inquisitive people are never made wise.
Whitewash in May sweeps the family away.
You can't knock an old dog off his trot.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
The nature breaks out in through the eyes of the cat.
The younger the chicken the sweeter the picking.
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
A fool and his money soon part.
Never count your chickens before they're hatched.
Never sell your hen on a rainy day.
"If" was never in a true story.
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
You can't knock an old dog off his trot.
You can't knock blood from a turnip.
The mill will never grind with the water that has passed.
You can't make a purse from a pig's ear.
What would you expect from a pig but a grunt.
'Tis a bad dog that bites the hand that feeds him.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
- Collector
- Criostóir de Búrca
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowleigh, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Máire de Búrca
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowleigh, Co. Waterford
