School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)
- Location:
- Lowpark, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 102
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- 1. Out of debt, out of danger.
2. The day of the big wind is not the day to be making the "scollops".
3. The morning after the fair is not the time to be fattening the sow.
4. There is no fool, like an old fool.
5. The man who advises you is often the man you hate.
6. The early bird catches the early worm.
7. Better late than never.
8. Rather go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
9. A closed mouth catches no flies.
10. A nod is as good as a wink for a blind man.
11. There is no use whipping a dead horse.
12. Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
13. Look before you leap.
14. The long thread with the lazy tailor.
15. You cannot take blood out of a turnip.
16. God's help is nearer than the door.
17. Every dog can bark at his own door.(continues on next page)
