School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)28. Any kind of roof is better than down rain (leak).
- 29. Why keep a dog and bark yourself.
30. The old dog for the hard road, the pup for the path.
31. A good neighbour is better than a far away friend.
32. Never go the fields when the road is at your foot.
33. You can't put an old head on young shoulders.
34. A borrowed horse has hard hooves.
35. It is a dear bought loan that you have to leave at home.
36. There is a slippy stone at every gentleman's door.
37. youth must have its fling.
38. Knowledge comes with age. - 39. There's nothing bad but could be worse.
40. It is your turn today and mine tomorrow.
41. If you will burn a candle you will burn an inch.
42. Luaghing soon turns to crying.
43. honour old age.
44. You cannot live in Rome and fight with the Pope. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
