School: Shrove (roll number 3470)
- Location:
- Stroove, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Leonard Bovaird
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 10
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- As hard as the Hobs of Hell.
As black as Earl Of Hell's waistcoat.
As white as snow.
As green as grass.
One penny gets another.
Your pocket is your friend.
A new brush sweeps clean.
A full purse makes a light heart.
It's a often a person's mouth broke his nose.
God made the back for the burden.
It's a long road that has no turn.
If the cap suits wear it.
An empty sock does not stand.
Work is better than talk.
A little tastes good.
Man proposes but God disposes.
He sat in the ass market until the horse market was over.
When all fruit fails welcome haws.
Faint heart never won a fair lady.
Eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket.
If you ever go to Malin. It is that you will see
Every man a Gubbock and a noggin of the bree
Stitch in time saves nine
He cut a rod to beat himself.
You can't make silk from a sow's lug.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Leonard Bovaird
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
