School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche
- Location:
- Knockanean, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 278
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A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
Look before you leap.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Never pup off until tomorrow what you can do to-day.
Rise with the lark and work from day-light 'till dark.
Truth seeks no corners.
The longer you live the more you know.
An idle mind is the devil's playground.
Smooth waters run deep.
If the cap suits you wear it.
A person is the clothes.
A closed mouth and a wise head.
Every cat after his kind.
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
If you don't mind the old you won't get the new.
After a storm comes a calm.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Don't praise or dispraise yourself.
Don't be hard and don't be soft.
The time and the tide wait for no one.
A full purse makes a light heart.
The truth is often bitter.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pauline Nihill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Nihill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Creggaun, Co. Clare
