School: Tappa (roll number 10451)
- Location:
- Tetoppa, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 056
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- (continued from previous page)That means if a person had a hold in their dress and the minute they saw it they put a stitch in it if they did not put a stitch in it they would have to put nine in it.
It's a long road their is no turn in
Live horse and you will get grass
You will never feel the want of water till the well runs dry
Better to be sure than sorry.
An empty house is better than a bad tenant.
Hunger they say will break through a stone wall
Blood is thicker than water
Eggs full of mate are as (good) milk as new milk.
It's not unusual to hate the tree and spare the branches
Handsome is that homesome does
Where there is a will there is a way
Never leave of till to-morrow what you can do today.
Always look before you leap
A bird in your hand is worth two in a bush.(continues on next page)
