School: Coillíní Carrowkelly (roll number 7054)
- Location:
- Culleens, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Brádaigh
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- "One bird in the hand is better than two on the bush"
"A new broom sweeps clean"
"One fox knows another fox"
"When wine is in wit is out"
"Fine feathers make fine birds"
"An empty sack won't stand"
"The juice of a cow is good dead or alive"
"One man can bring a horse to the water but forty men cannot make him drink it"
"If the cap fits you wear it."
"Its a long road that has no turning"
"A half a loaf is better than no bread."
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"Not as it is thought does it be"
"Man proposes but God disposes"
"Cat after kin makes a good mouser"
"You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's lug"
"He who goes aborrowing goes aborrowing"
"If you want to know me come and life with me."
"No use crying over spilt milk"
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."
"Your pocket is your friend"
"A full purse makes a light heart"
"What you won't know won't trouble you."
"The life of a shoe is to polish it."
"You cannot whistle and eat meal."(continues on next page)
