School: Sixmilebridge (B.)
- Location:
- Six-mile-bridge, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Domhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 336
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- (continued from previous page)Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Hear twice before you speak once.
In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.
Distant fields look green.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Look before you leap.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make the best of a bad bargain.
One good turn deserves another.
Opportunity makes the thief.
Pride shall have a fall.
Strike while the iron's hot.
Still waters run deep.
Safe bind, safe find.
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Never count your chickens before they are hatched.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Self praise no praise.
Curiosity killed the cat and information made him fat.
Money is made round to go round.
Waste not want not.(continues on next page)
