School: Headfort
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 071
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- 31. Fields are green far away.
32. God fits the back for the burden.
33. Like father, like son.
34. It's an ill wind blows nobody any good
35. Still waters run deep.
36. It's the early bird catches the worm.
37. You can't have your loaf and eat it.
38. Never judge women or pigs by candlelight.
39. Ditches have ears.
40. Love won't boil the pot.
41. Have it yourself or be without it.
42. Don't grow too soon.
43. Take what you get.
44. Better late than never.
45. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
46. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
47. You can't get blood from a turnip.
48. Every mother thinks all her geese are swans.
49. Never trust a woman.
50. They are well guided that God guides.
51. The lazy man's load.
52. It's a hard battle in which all are slain.
53. Where there's muck there's luck.
54. You can't work for two masters.
55. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
56. Where there's a will there's a way.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Miss J.E. Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
