School: Kentstown (roll number 1599)
- Location:
- Kentstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Lúasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 432
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- No 1. Look before you leap.
2. An apple a day keeps the doctor
away.
3. You will never miss the water till the
well runs dry.
4. A bird in hand is worth two in the
bush.
5. The cows in Connaught have long
horns.
6. You cannot make a silk purse out of
a pig’s ear.
7. The best player is the man on the
ditch.
8. When the cat is angry the mice can
play.
9. Early to bed and early to rise makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
10. Do without it if you have not it
yourself.
11. Never put off until to-morrow what
you can do today.
12. It is not the hen but the egg she
lays.
13. Vessels large may venture more,
but little ships keep to the shore.
14. One beetle knows another.
15. A full purse makes a light heart.
16. If the cap suits you, wear it.
17. An empty sack cannot stand.
18. Lie with the lamb and rise with the
birds.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sicily, Co. Meath
