School: Clonlara
- Location:
- Cluain Lára, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Heoghanáin
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- (continued from previous page)41. "A good beginning is a good end."
42. "As poor as a church mouse."
43. "As mad as a March hare."
44. As mad as a dog."
45. "As dry as a limekiln."
46. "As lean as a herring."
47. "As ignorant as a kish of brogues going to the fair without fongs.
48. "As slippery as an eel."
49. "As white as a hound's tooth."
50. "As sick as a deer."
51. "It is better to fall from a window, than from a roof."
52. "Little wealth, little care."
53. "Soon ripe, soon rotten."
54. "Change of pasture, makes fat calves."
55. "Misfortune does not always come, to injure."
56. "Help never comes, too late."
57. "A new broom, sweeps clean."
58. "Habits may gain a Samson's strength."
59. "Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver, and the other is gold."
60. "Constant dropping, wears the stone."
61. "The old dog for the hard road, and the pup for the path."
