School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)
- Location:
- Cluain Téide Mhór, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 045
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- (continued from previous page)"The cat likes fish but he does not like his feet to get wet."
"It is easier to make a promise than to fulfil."
"Promise may get friends but it is performances that keep them."
"The older the crab tree the more fruit it bears."
"The master's eye makes the horse thrive."
"It is the thunder that frights but the lightening that smites."
"Lose an hour in the morning and you will be all day hunting for it."
"Time and tide wait for no man."
"Far away cows wear long horns"
"Honesty is the best policy
"It is never too late to learn."
"One good turn deserves another".
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."
"The longest way round is the safest way home."
"It is never too late to mend."
"Every bean helps to fill the peck."
"A new broom sweeps clean"
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
"The savage loves his native shore".
- Collector
- Joan Dineen
- Gender
- Female
