School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0322
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- A stitch in time saves nine.
Strike the iron while its red.
Never put off for tomorrow what you can do to-day.
Every new broom sweeps clean.
Its the thunder that frights but the lightning that smites.
Better late than never.
Never too late to mend.
Hills are green far away.
The more you drink the more you want.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
Make hay while the sun shines.
The more rain the more rest.
Men must work, women must weep for there is nothing to earn and little to keep.
A whistling woman and a crowing hen wakes the devil from his den.
A rainbow in the morniong is the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Naughton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carra, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Carra, Co. Galway
