School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- An Cnoc Breac, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
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- Proverbs
1. A stitch in time saves nine.
2. A good run is better than a bad stand.
3. Pride comes before a fall.
4. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
5. Ill got, ill spent.
6. Strike the iron while tis hot.
7. Regret is the wagon of folly.
8. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
9. Make hay while the sun shines.
10. Better late than never.
11. He who marries in haste repents at leisure.
12. A good character is better than a good fortune.
13. Necessity is the mother of invention.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kevin Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doire na Manach, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Thomas Melody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- An Chora Bhán, Co. na Gaillimhe