School: Loftus Hall
- Location:
- Loftushall, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Eadhra
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- 1 Praise youth and it will con
2 Hunger is a good sauce
3 Empty vessels make most sound
4 A burned child dreads the fire
5 A rolling stone gathers no moss
6 Eaten bread is soon forgotten
7 Too many cooks spoils the broth
8 Beware of evil companions, shun them
9 A rolling stone gathers no moss
10 It's a long road that has no turn
- Old Sayings1 Every cock crows well on his own dung-hill
2 The funny thing's you'd see when haven't got your gun
3 Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
4 Exchange is no robbery
