School: An Mhainistir, Malla (roll number 12519)
- Location:
- Mallow, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An Bráthair Lúcás
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 575
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- 1. There is no place like home
2. He is on the pig's back
3. Live horse and you will get grass.
4. God is nearer than the door.
5. He would here the grass growing
6. A stitch in time saves nine
7. The longest way round is the shortest way home
8. Time and tide waits for no man.
9. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
10. He is as old as the hills.
11. A friends eye is a good mirror.
12. Never take the book by the cover
13. Look before you leap.
14. A burnt child dreads the fire.
15. Health is better than wealth.
16. Nature breaks out through the eyes of the cat.
17. One good turn deserves another
18. The best hurlers are always on the ditch.
19. As black as soot, as white as snow, as red as blood. As strong as a horse, as weak as a mouse,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- E. Carroll
- Gender
- Male
