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 0166
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- (continued from previous page)40 The more hurry the less speed.
41. There is many a way for killing a cat besides choking him with butter.
42. Wilful waste makes woeful want.
43. Green are the hills far away.
44. After the storm, there comes a calm.
45. Necessity is the mother of invention.
46. If you rise late, you must gallop all day.
47. An idle man tempts the devil.
48. A lie has no legs.
50. Debt is the worst kind of poverty
52. A closed mouth catches no flies
54. Self praise requires no recommendation.
55. A rod is as good as a wing to a blind horse.(continues on next page)
