School: Cill Íomair (C )

Location:
Killimor and Boleybeg, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Eilís Ní Dhomhnaill Brighid Nic Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0163

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  1. 1 A rainbow in the morning a shepherds warning a rainbow in the night a shepherds delight.
    2. The ready way round is the shortest way home.
    3. A stitch in time saves nine
    4. Better late than ever
    5. It is too late to spare when all is spent
    6. A penny wish and a pound foolish
    7. Every dog is stiff at his own door
    8. Too many cooks spoils the broth
    9. Never leave until to-morrow what you can do to-day
    10. They would give you a pain where you never had a window.
    11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    12. The result of borrowing is to break the borrower.
    13. Young a gambler old a beggar.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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