School: Naomh Féichín, Mainistir
- Location:
- Abbey, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan De Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0073
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- (continued from previous page)21. The most haste the less speed
22. A watching pot never boils
23. The longest way round is the shortest way home
24. A good hurler is always on the ditch.
25. A good beginning is half the work
26. Talk is cheap
27. A barking never bites
28. A a burnt child dreads the fire
29. The darkest hour is the nearest to the dawn
30. Pride comes before a fall
31. Silence gives consent
32. Wait for the fine day and you will get it
33. The hills far away are very green
34. Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
35. Rather death than shame
36. A mean man is always the poorest
37. A blind man is a bad judge of colours
38. Season thoughts are the best
39. Saying and doing are two different things
40. Don't count the chickens before they are hatched
41. Tis a bad wind that doesn't good for someone
42. A new broom sweeps clean
43. A bird is the hand is worth two in the bush
44. One fools makes one
45. A slig of the tong is no fault of the mind(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mullin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballygowan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Martin Mullin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygowan, Co. Galway
