1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Coillte Críotáin

School: Coillte Críotáin

Location:
Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 406

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 406

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Coillte Críotáin
  2. XML Page 406
  3. XML “Proverbs”
  4. XML “Proverbs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Proverbs

    Share Share Post
    216. Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other.
    217. Rome was not built in a day.
    218. Throw not good money after bad.
    219. Never spur a free horse.
    220. No smoke without fire.
    221. Two heads are better than one.
    222. If every thing was done twice nothing would be done wrong.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizebeth Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Copse, Co. Roscommon

  2. Proverbs

    Share Share Post
    223. When you sea shells guess eggs.
    224. The man with wisdom is truly blest.
    225. Always take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit