School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)

Location:
Cartron, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 354

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    20 Marry on the dungheap and sell your cow far away from home
    21 He that fights and runs away shall live to fight another day.
    22 Too far cast is west.
    23 Dogs don't eat dogs.
    24 Bend with the tree that will bend with you.
    25 Half a loaf is better than no bread.
    26 Let each man learn to know himself to gain that honour, let him labour correct those feelings in himself which he condemns so in his neighbour.
    27 The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
    28 The eye of the master can do more work than both his hands.
    29 It's the inside works of the clock shows the time.
    30 A city on a mountain cannot be hidden.
    31 Every cow licks her own calf
    32 Trot mare trot foal.
    33 Time is the test of truth.
    34 For age and want and whilst you
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lucy Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Stuck, Co. Leitrim