School: Carraig na Heorna (roll number 10938)
- Location:
- Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Susan Mary Irwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 368
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- 1 A stitch in time saves nine
2 Make hay while the sun shines.
3 Work is better than talk.
4 Time and tide wait for no man.
5 Your pocket is your friend.
6 Far away birds have fair feathers.
7 Hills are green far away.
8 Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
9 One beetle knows another beetle.
10 There is a black sheep in every flock.
11 A new broom sweeps clean.
12 A full purse makes a light heart.
13 An empty sack cannot stand
14 The thing that is got easily, is spent easily.
15 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
16 The person who is up his health is drunk, the person who is down is trampled upon.
17 It is a long road that has no turning.
18 A little tastes sweet.
19 The truth is often bitter
20 It is not possible to be eating meal and whistling.
21 When the wine is in the wit is out
22 There is no luck only where there is correction.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Mary Irwin
- Gender
- Female
