School: Mount Collins, Mainistir na Féile (roll number 10107)
- Location:
- Mountcollins, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Coileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0493, Page 292
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- Proverbs.
1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. Half a loaf is better than no bread
3. Smooth waters run deep.
4. A sod in the dyke is worth two on the ditch
5. Nature breaks through training
6. Listen to the noise of the river and you will catch fish.
7. The old dog for the long road and the pup for the bothareen.
8. A stitch in time saves nine.
9. If you will fall don't wait to get up.
10. Where there is smoke there is a fire.
11. Where there are women there is talk.
12. A miss is as good as a mile
13. The longest way round is the shortest way home.
14. The more hurry the less speed.
15. A green Christmas makes a fat graveyard.
16. First and second goes alike.
17. A sunny June makes an early harvest.
18. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
19. A good run is better than a bad stand.
20. A good child never tells a lie.
21. A shower of rain in July is worth a plough of men.
22. A cold May makes no one rich.(continues on next page)
