School: Ballinvella, Lios Mór (roll number 7880)

Location:
Ballinvella, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Áine Ní Chróinín
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  1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    A hatching hen never fattens.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    Health is better than wealth.
    Ireland is not a kitchen garden.
    You cannot look a gift horse in the mouth.
    Live horse and you will get grass.
    Far away cows wear long horns.
    To drive a nail in ones coffin.
    To pour oil on troubled waters.
    A new broom sweeps clean.
    To burn a candle at both ends.
    As changeable as the March wind.
    It's an ill wind blows nobody good.
    You can't have the curd and the whey.
    The world cannot make a racehorse out of a donkey.
    The best hurler is always on the ditch.
    A good run is better than a bad stand.
    The more you travel the more you know.
    Nobody thinks of the bread they have eaten.
    Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
    Empty vessels make most sound.
    You cannot choose between two blind goats.
    Your son is a son until he gets married but your daughter is your daughter forever.
    A blind cat watches a mouse hole
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