School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 393
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- (continued from previous page)45. Don't throw out the dirty water till you get in the clean.
46. Ill got, ill gone.
47. Courage is half the battle.
48. There is a mystery in the meanest trader.
49. That,s the hen's journey to Scotland.
50. Well begun is half done.
51. Look before you leap.
52. It's a dear loan when it is borrowed and left at home.
53. The man who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
54. Leave by a thing for seven years and if you don't want it then throw it away.
55. As open-handed as Saint Brigid.
56. Straight as the law of God.
57. \when you make your bed lie on it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Tivenan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon
