School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 457
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- The old dog for the road and the pup for "boreen" (bóirairín).
The world would not make a race horse out of a donkey.
An empty purse makes most noise.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a barrow pig's ear.
What is not sown in Spring is not reaped in Autumn.
If a cuckoo signs, sings on a tree without leaves sell your cow and buy corn.
There is no fireside like your own.
Rome was not built in a day.
Bit by bit the castle was built.
One bird in your hand is worth two in the bush.
- Collector
- Norah Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fallougher, Co. Sligo
