School: Coillíní Carrowkelly (roll number 7054)

Location:
Culleens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ó Brádaigh
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    24. Fool's make feasts and wise men eat them
    25. What a Puca write's he reads it himself
    26. Killed with tea and killed without it
    27. Closed mouths catch no flies
    28. A bird in your hand is worth two in a bush
    29. Early to bed. Early to rise, makes us all healthy, wealthy and wise
    30. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
    31. God is good and Jack is earning.
    32. It's hard to put a young head on old shoulders
    33. A trade is an enemy without learning it.
    34. It's far away what God send.
    35. Every dog gets his day.
    36. It's better to be looking out than in,
    37. You cannot have jam on two sides.
    38. In the middle of the road there's no shough
    39. The back of one is the face of another
    40. You let the cat out of the bag.
    41. No news is good news
    42. It's unlucky to be too lucky
    43. A rolling stone gathers no moss
    44. Speak of the devil and he's sure to appear.
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