School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)

Location:
Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Margaret Flynn

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 123

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fleas.
Fair play is bonny play.
Live horse and get grass.

The early bird catches the early worm.
When you are down down with you.
Early to bed early to rise Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
Sweet Saturday night and sour Monday morning.
We are all chip of the same block.
A new broom sweeps clean.
It is never too late to mend.
Hunger is good sauce.
A watched kettle never boils.
You might as well be sucking honey off thorns.
As tight as twopence in a rag.
A straight tree can have crooked roots.

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Collector
Bridget Kane
Gender
female
Language
English