School: Cloonlyon G. (roll number 12937)
- Location:
- Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Annie Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrell of vinegar.
Silence is golden.
Experience is a dear teacher.
The good thing is never dear.
What is scarce is sweet.
There is a black sheep in every flock.
Hunger is a good sauce.
Dont throw out dirty water until clean water is in.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
Late to bed late to rise makes a man beg before he dies.
Your nose teaches you.
When you buy land you buy stones.
When you buy beef you buy bones.
One penny knows another.
- A bat washing his face beside the fire is a sign of bad weather.Black clouds in the sky is a sign of bad weather.When the cat turns his back to the fire it is the sign of bad weather.Rainbow in the night is a shepherd's delight.(continues on next page)
