School: Ballysadare (C.) (roll number 9922)
- Location:
- Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 159
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- (continued from previous page)"A sleeping fox catches no poultry."
"A cat in gloves catches no mice."
"Strike the iron while it's hot."
"Let bygones be bygones."
"It's late to close the stable door when the steed is gone."
"For a haporth of tar the sheep was lost."
"Penny wise and pound foolish."
"It's easier to build two chimney than keep one in fuel."
"The king may come in the cadgers way."
"Tell me your company and I will tell you what you are."
"All is fair in love and war."
"He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day."
"Drunkards come to the ground."
"Shut mouth catches no flies."
"The darkest hour precedes the dawn."
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
"After the storm comes a calm."
"To bed with the dark and up with the lark."
"Beauty is what beauty does."
"If you like with the dogs you will rise with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Theresa O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
