School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 418
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- 1. Don't put off till tomorrow the song you can sing today.
2. A stitch in time saves nine.
3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
4. Kill two birds with the one stone.
5. Where there's life, there's hope.
6. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
7. The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.
8. Laugh and grow fat.
9. It is a bad wind that doesn't blow, pain to someone.
10. Patience is a virtue.
11. It is a long lang has no bend.
12. Time and patience would get a snail to Rome and back.
13. Blood is thicker than water as regards friends.
14. Look before you leap.
15. Great is truth above all things.
16. A new broom is all night but an old one knows the corners better.
17. The dirt before the broom.
18. All dogs follow their master.
19. As cunning as a fox.
20. You may lead a horse to the water but you can't make him drink.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan O' Duffy
- Gender
- Female
