School: Meelick (C.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 233
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- (continued from previous page)Tis easy to be wise after the deed is done.
The best hurler is on the ditch.
Every cock crows on his own dung-hill.
You can't get blood out of a turnip.
Money is made round to go round.
There is nothing like leather when well put together.
Idle dogs worry sheep.
Take care of the shillings and the pounds will take care of themselves.
What is allotted cannot be blotted.
The day is long and the pay is small
So take it easy if you can at all.
A wise head is worth money.
What's got soft goes soft.
Up and down over heather makes one tough and hard as leather.
The younger the chicken the sweeter the picking.
Promise the back and pay the stomach.
It is a long lane has no turning.
the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Far away cows wear long horns.
No man is a prophet in his own land.
Every man for himself and God for us all.(continues on next page)
