School: Baile Coitcheannta
- Location:
- Cutteanta, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eithne Nic Shearraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 332
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- A stitch in time saves nine
A wrinkled purse A wrinkled face.
A knave is one knave but a fool is many
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A straight tree may have crooked roots.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A burnt child dreads the fire
A watched pot never boils
A new broom sweeps clean
Better to wear out shoes than sheets.
Between two stools you come to the ground.
Before you marry be sure of a house wherein to tarry
Borrowed garments never fit well
Beware of a false tongue
Better alone than in bad company
Children and fools should not handle tools
Cleave the log according to the grain
Do not ride a free horse to death
Empty vessels make mst sound
Fair would the cat fish eat, but she is loth to wet her feet.
For want of a nail the show was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the ride was lost.
GOod manners maketh man.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Kearins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmorris, Co. Sligo
