School: Sooey (roll number 6249)
- Location:
- Súmhaí, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Seán Ó Hóráin
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- (continued from previous page)The early bird catches the worm, and the late bird catches the snow.
Health is better than wealth.
Praise the young and they will come.
Ween the wine is in, the wit is out.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
If you don't sow in spring, you won't reap in Harvest.
One house in the morning is worth two in the evening.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A ragged little colt often developed into a fine horse.
Better late than never.
The beginning of health is sleep.
Hunger is a good sauce.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures in a doctor's book.
It is an ill-wind that doesn't favour somebody.
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
Rome was not built in a day.
All that glitters is not gold.
The older the crab-tree the more crabs it bears.
He who goes a-borrowing goes(continues on next page)- Collector
- Sheila Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chluanach, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Patrick Tiernan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Baile na Cille, Co. Shligigh