School: Ráithín (B.) (roll number 9304)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ua Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 491
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- (1) An empty bag never stands
(2) Live horse and you will get grass
(3) Make the hay while the sun shines
(4) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
(5) Always taking out and never putting in soon comes to the bottom
(6) Time or tide wait for nobody
(7) A stick in time saves nine
(8) Small leaks sink great ships
(9) Far away cows wear long horns
(10) It is hard to put a hare out of a ditch where he is not
(11) Rome was not built in a day
(12) A good run is better than a bad stand
(13) The early bird catches the worm
(14) An apple a day keeps the doctor away
(15) A patch is better than a hole
(16) It is the thunder that frights but it is the lightning that smiles
