School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)
- Location:
- Ballynakill, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0077
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- (continued from previous page)ProverbsThe mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
It is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is gone.
It is too late to spare when all is spent.
Empty vessels make most sound.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A penny saved is a penny gained.
A watched pot never boils.
The beauty of an old sahoe is to polish it.
Laugh and the world laughs with you.
A man's house is his castle.
God helps those who help themselves.
Many hands make light work.
When it rains it pours.
Riding on a goat is better than the best of walking.
Happy is the bride that the sun shines on and happy is the corpse that the rain falls on.
It is hard nto put an old dog off his trot.
If you put a silken coat on a goat he is still a goat.
If you have but a goat be in the middle of the fair with him.
Cheerfulness is a joy for ever.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Dervan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Burroge, Co. Galway
