School: Coillte Críotáin

Location:
Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin

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Proverbs

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 392

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31. Better to wear out shoes than sheets.
32. A stitch in time saves nine.
33. He is on the pig's back.
34. A half loaf is better than no bread.
35. Hills are green when far away.
36. Health is better than wealth.
37. A son is a son till he gets a wife but a daughter is a daughter till she goes in the grave.
38. Pretty feather's make pretty birds.
39. A closed mouth catches no flies.
40. There is more "raisins" (reasons) than you put in cakes.
41. It's a long road that has not a turn.
42. When the rod is bent so the tree shall grow.
43. Better to be born lucky than rich.
44. Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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Collector
Mary Tivenan
Gender
female
Address
Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon
Language
English