School: Baile Aodha (C.). Inis (roll number 13419)
- Location:
- Baile Uí Aodha, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhuibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 271
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- (continued from previous page)God fits the back for the burden.
Curiousity killed the cat.
When it rains it pours.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
No news is good news.
After a storm comes a calm.
One misfortune never comes alone.
"Marbh le té agus marb gan é".
"Níl aon thíntéan mar do thíntean féin".
A son is a son until he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all the days of her life.
There never was a mother who thought another woman's daughter good enough for her son.
He whom the cap fits let him wear it.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
There is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.
Is maith an tiománuidhe an fear ar an claidhe.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
New brooms sweep clean.
Much wants more.
He that by the plough would thrive(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Morgan Mc Inerney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Uí Aodha, Co. an Chláir
