School: Cnoc, Abbeyleix (roll number 2324)
- Location:
- Knockardagur, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seán Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 166
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- Local Proverbs"A rolling stone gathers no moss"
"Empty vessels make most sound"
"Where ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise"
"Loose an hour in the morning follow it all day and you will never over-take it"
"A bird in your hand is worth two in a bush"
"A good soldier never looks behind"
"A hasty man often gets left"
"It's a long lane with no turn"
"What's worth doing at all is worth doing well"
"The longest way round is the shortest way home"
"The best of friends must part"
"The early bird catches the worm"
"Look before you leap"
"A fool and is money is easily parted"
"A friend in need is a friend in deed"
"Eaten bread is soon forgotten"
"Haste makes waste"
"Everything comes to the man who waits".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boleybeg, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr W. Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boleybeg, Co. Laois
