School: Denbawn
- Location:
- Dennbane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Cionnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 307
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- The day always finds fault with the work of the night.
Keep the bone and the dog will follow you.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Nature breaks out through the eyes of a cat.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
One advice bought is worth two advices gratis
If you go to Court leave your soul at home.
Bend with the tree that will bend with you.
The way the branch is bent so is the tree inclined.
If the messenger be cold the answer is cold.
There is no overtaking the shot once fired.
It is little that tastes.
There was never yet a wood but contained its own burning.
Little said is sooner mended.
A service not asked for, neither God nor man is thankful for it.
Mór keeps her maid and herself looking for alms.
Do not say grace for your meals until you have got them.
Empty vessels make most sounds.
All is not gold that glitters.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mamie Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Cavan
