School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)
- Location:
- Kilcomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 012
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- Old Sayings
1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
2. It is a bad wind that do not blow some good.
3. A friend in need is a friend indeed
4. Dead with tea and dead without it
5. There is as good a fish in the sea as ever was caught.
6. A new broom sweeps clean
7. It is difficult to cut wood off a goat
8. The longer you live the more you learn
9. Often a persons mouth broke his nose
10. Work is better than talk
11. What the eye don't see the heart won't grieve
12. You will never miss the water till the well runs dry
13. Never wait till to-morrow to do what you can do to-day
14. There is no fire place like your own fire place
15. A stitch in time saves nine
16. You can't put an old head on young shoulders
17. The best of goods are made up in small parcels
18. Constant dropping wears the rock.
19. The longest way round is the shortest way home
20. Never take the book by the cover
