School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)

Location:
Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Patrick Timbin
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  1. Proverbs
    Thick hides need sharp weapons.
    Love horses and you'll get grass.
    The darkest hour comes before the dawn.It's better to go to bed supper-less than rise in debt.
    What you do today never leave until tomorrow.
    It's better to be sure than sorry.
    You'll never miss the water until the well runs dry.
    Clough deep while sluggards sleep and you'll have corn to sell and corn to keep.
    Better late than never.
    Look before you leap.
    It's hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
    Early to be and early to rise makes a man health, wealthy and wise.
    An empty barn needs no roof.
    Set a thief to catch a thief.
    Set a beggar on a horse and he'll outride to the devil.
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    Time and tide wait for no man.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    Half loaf is better than no bread.
    The longest way 'round is the shortest way home.
    Saying and doing are two different things.
    After a storm comes a calm.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Kileen
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Kileen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo