School: Mount Delvin
- Location:
- Mountdelvin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs. K. O' Regan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 047
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- "Live horse and you'll get grass."
"The early bird catches the worm."
"People in glass houses cannot throw stones."
"Make hay while the sun shines."
"Smooth waters run deep."
"Empty vessels make most sound."
"While theres life theres hope."
"Work is better than talk."
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise."
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone."
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"Theres many a slip between the cup and the lip."
"Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird."
"Hills are green far away."
"Small leaks sink great ships."
"Tis the thunder that frights but the lightning that smites."
"Little strokes fell large oaks."
"Of small account is a fly till it gets in to the eye."
"Strike the iron while it is hot."
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Delia Mc Cormac
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Culkeen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Cormac
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Culkeen, Co. Roscommon
