School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 088
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- (continued from previous page)30. Where there is a will, there is a way.
31. If you don't sow in Spring, you won't reap in Autumn.
32. An hour in the morning is worth two at night.
33. Two heads are better than one.
34. After a storm comes a calm.
35. Many men have many minds.
36. A friend is proved in distress.
37. Liars ought to have good memories.
38. Idleness is the key of beggary.
39. A windy day is not the day for thatching.
40. He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
41. Young a gambler, old a beggar.
42. It is better to be riding on a goat than walk.
43. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
44. When a man is up, his health is drunk, when a man is down, he is trodden upon.
45. It is a long road that has no turning.
46. The best of goods are made up in small parcels.
47. A good word never broke a man's mouth.
48. Too many cooks spoil the broth.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
