School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- (continued from previous page)what vice do we not like?
Ans. Advice.
(11) What has a cat that no other animal has?
Ans. Kittens.
- (1) A stitch in time saves nine.
(2) The burned child dreads the fire.
(3) As changeable as the March wind.
(4) He that would steal a pin would steal a greater thing.
(5) A rolling stone gathers no moss.
(6) Better late than never.
(7) Birds of a feather flock together.
(8) After a storm comes a calm.
(9) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
(10) The longest way round is the shortest way home.
(11) A penny for your thoughts.
(12) Its an ill wind blows no one any(continues on next page)
