School: An Geata Bán (roll number 11992)
- Location:
- Whitegate, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
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- Never go fishing if you see a ginger woman on your way.
Never have your coat to make when its going to rain.
If you are going on a journey never turn back for anything or you will be disappointed.
Never ask a man is he going fishing, if you see him with his fishing lines.
The more hurry the less speed.
A shut mouth catches no flies.
Its a long road that has no turning but a longer one that has no end.
Waste not want not.
God helps those who help themselves,
Many hands make light work.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Wilful waste makes woeful want, and you may live to say, "I wish I had that piece of bread, that once I threw away".
Never put off 'till to-morrow what you can do today.
God never closed one door but he opened another.
Its an ill wind that blows nobody good.
The help of God is nearer than the door.
A man's best friend is himself.
