School: Ashfort (B.), Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Ashford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: -
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"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
"Half a loaf is better than no bread."
"As bitter as gaul."
"As tough as a gad."
"The dearer the flour the smaller the loaf."
"Distant hills look green."
"As wrong as Mell Bell."
"As sweet as honey."
"Practice makes perfect."
"A person with the bag on his back, is better than a person full of riches and lying in bed."
"Promises are made to be broken."
"A cold day would freeze a brass monkey."
"Seldom seen is wonderful."
"Come seldom and the greater the welcome."
"As stiff as wise."
"As hot as a furness."
"A rainbow in the morning is the Shepherds warning A rainbow at night is the Shepherd's delight."
"Fine feathers make fine birds."
"Your pocket is your friend."
"On the pig's back."
"Your son is your son till he marries, but your daughter is your daughter for ever."
"As right as rain."(continues on next page)
