School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 419
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- (continued from previous page)21. No sooner said than done.
22. All's well that ends well.
23. What is everyone's business is nobody's business.
24. Better to die than ever to lie.
25. If a jest you cannot take, then a jest you should not make.
26. Paddle your own canoe.
27. As fit as a fiddle.
28. Silence gives consent.
29. There is always a calmness after a storm.
30. There are always dry mornings after wet nights.
31. One good turn deserves another.
32. Do not jump out of the frying pan into the fire.
33. Beware of mischief makes.
34. Leave well enough alone.
35. Waste not, want not.
36. Slow but sure.
37. Where there's a will, there's a way.
38. Lay by for a rainy day.
39. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
40. Friends are plenty while the purse is full.
41. Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
42. Set a thief to catch a thief.
43. Set a thief to catch a thief.
44. First come - first served.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan O' Duffy
- Gender
- Female
