School: Cluain Féinne (roll number 13710)
- Location:
- Cloonfane, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Conghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 290
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- (continued from previous page)Enough is as good as a feast.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
It's better to wear out than rust out.
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
The hand (hand) that rocks the cradle rules the world.
It's a long lane that has no turning.
Silence is golden.
His bark is worse than his bite.
Empty vessels make the most noise.
Don't spur a willing horse.
As you sow you must reap.
It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Hills are green far away.
It's a wise man that carries his coat a fine day.
You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
An apple a day keeps the doctor(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Caulfield
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carracastle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr John Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Fauleens, Co. Mayo
