School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- An Chéis, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 459
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- (continued from previous page)Never too late to mend.
Liars need to have good memories.
Better late than never.
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll outstride the devil.
The longest way around is the shortest way home.
There was a woman once who lost her husband crossing a river as a short cut home. That day twelve months the woman said to her son "This day twelve months your father was drowned". The little boy answering said "He'd be round the road since. So gave rise to the saying, "The longest way round is the shortest way home.
- Collector
- Maureen Benson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ceathrú Mhic Leannánaigh, Co. Shligigh
