School: Creagán Buí, Cora Finne

Location:
Craggaunboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Consaidín
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    too late to mend.". "A borrowed horse has hard hoofs". "A red and rosy apple may be rotten at the core"."A friend in need is a friend indeed"."He that rises late shall trot all day"."The best hurler is on the fence"."Make the hay while the sun shines"."Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." "He who tells stories to you will surely tell your stories to others."An apple a day keeps the doctor away"."Too late to spare when all is spent and never too late to mend"."He let the cat out of the bag"."The day of the storm is not the day of the scallop.""Keep ypur shop and your shop will keep you." "The cleverest hen may lay out but her eggs are found at last"."A good beginning is half the work"."Not to throw out the dirty water until you have in the clean water"."Look before you leap"."Half a loaf is better than no bread"."Some half meat and cannot eat,some can eat and half not meat,but I have meat and can eat for which the Lord be praised""Many ways for choking a dog besides choking him with butter."Putting the car before the horse.""A man without learning and wearing good clothes is like a gold ring on a barrow pig's nose."A little learning is dangerous."
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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