School: Cloonsarn (roll number 16025)

Location:
Lisgillock Glebe, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peter Kilkenny
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  1. 1. Not the day of the wind the day of the "scolb".
    2. You won't catch old birds with chaff.
    3. Every man knows where the shoe pinches.
    4. The early bird gets the early worm.
    5. Don't push a man when he's going down the hill.
    6. Don't spur a willing horse.
    7. Long churning makes bad butter.
    8. It's dear butter that's licked off a briar.
    9. Keep the head cool and the feet warm.
    10. A Bird in the fist is worth two in the bush.
    11. Better late than never.
    12. A stitch in time saves nine.
    13. A Penny wise and a pound foolish.
    14. A half burned coal is easy kindled.
    15. Feed a cold and starve a fever.
    16. Bend to the branch that will bend with you.
    17. It's hard to get a good hook for a bad reaper.
    18. Possession is one of the eleven points of Law.
    19. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
    20. If you be poor no freedom make.
    For you''ll be called a fool However wise you speak.
    21. Where there's meal there is surely salt.
    22. My Pocket is my friend
    23. I can guess eggs where I see shells
    24. All fools laugh at their own Folly
    25. Small dogs carry Long Tails
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