School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Caitlín Cadhla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 195
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- Proverbs
A proverb is a wist saying and here are some I heard.
1) "A stitch in time saves nine"- to do any thing in time saves trouble later on.
2) "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves."- Save your pennies and they'll turn into pounds.
3) "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."- Never make little of any presents you get.
4) "Never put off to morrow what you can do to-day'"- Never postpone what you can do now.
5) "Penny wise, pond foolish"- Saving a penny and wasting a pound.
6) "A that glitters is not gold"- Out ward show is not everything.
7) "The cobblers boots are always the worst"- He is so busy mending other people's shoes he can't mend his own.
8) "One swallow never made a summer"- you must have plenty of every thing.
9) "The crow always thinks her own child the whitest."- Every mother(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Ardle
- Gender
- Female
