School: Tappa (roll number 10451)
- Location:
- Tetoppa, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 055
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I trust him as far as I could throw a cow by the tail.
A man might as well be out of the world as out of the fashion.
A close mouth is often the sign of a wise head.
You have no more brains than the pillar of a gate.
A nod is as a wink to a blind horse
Blood you know is thicker than water.
A heavy heart seldom comes a grey head
Let every herring hang by its own tail.
She went of as light-hearted as a lark.
It is never hard to light a half burned turf.
Everyone knows that there is never smoke without fire.
Larger boats may venture more but little boats must keep near shore.
A stitch in time saves nine.(continues on next page)
