School: Scoil na mBráthar, Dúrlas Éile
- Location:
- Thurles, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Br. T. S. Ó Maoilchiaráin
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- (continued from previous page)21. A closed mouth catches no flies.
22. Your pocket is your friend.
23. You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
24. A new brush sweeps clean.
25. When the wine is in the sense is out.
26. Health is better than riches.
27. A person's mouth often breaks his nose.
28. One beetle knows another beetle
29. A wise hin sits lightly on the eggs.
30. A man is a man even though he is in a buttle.
31. A feast is better than a famine.
32. He who rises late never does a day's work.
33. Not how long you live but how well.
34. Never count chickens before they are hatched.
35. If you mind the little things the big things will mind themselves.
36. God is slow but sure.
37. Never judge a man by his appearance.
38. A little tastes sweet.
39. One beetle knows another.
40. Fine feathers make fine birds.(continues on next page)
