School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Baile Átha Buí, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 420
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- (continued from previous page)"Take Care of the pence, the pounds will look after themselves."
"Oversea's cows have long horns."
"Don't make fish one one and flesh of another."
"Never bid the devil good morrow till you meet him."
"A lie is a foul blot in a man."
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, happy and wise."
"One good feed is better than ten bad ones."
"A new broom sweeps clean."
"All together like Browns cow."
"A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind."
"Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well."
"Beauty never boils the pot."
"When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window."
"Better have a friend in court than a pound in a purse."
"Many hands make light work."
"The devil is not as black as he is painted."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Mháirtín, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- James Mc Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Mháirtín, Co. na Mí
