School: Drom an Mhadaidh
- Location:
- Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 019
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Fine feathers make fine birds.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A burnt child drains the fire.
All what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
Two removes are as bad as a burning.
A stitch in time saves nine.
The best horse jumps the ditch.
Health is better than wealth.
Acts speak louder than words.
Business first and pleasure after.
Kind words are better than smiles.
Be just before you are generous.
Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.
You can not put a hare out of a bush that she is not in.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Never count your chickens before they’re hatched.
The man went to Dublin and saw nothing.
A good name is above riches.
Wine is sweet but the price is sower.
What’s wort doing at all, is wort doing well.
If a joke you cannot take, then a joke you should not make.
A new broom sweeps clean.(continues on next page)
A more recent version of this transcript is awaiting approval- Collector
- Matt Morgan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
