School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 085
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- A brave soldier never looks behind.
Little pictures wear long ears.
It's never too late to learn.
Two wrongs won't make a right.
Pride goes before a fall.
A whip for a fool and a rod for a school.
A watched pot never boils.
Too sweet to be wholesome.
Delays are dangerous.
Wast not, want not.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
Don't throw out dirty water till you get in clean.
The truth never chocked one.
A good word never broke a persons neck.
Time is a good story teller.
Work is better than talk.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Silk and satin scarlet and velvet often puts out the kitchen fire.
Four things that an Irishman cannot trust, a cow's horn, a horses hoof, a dog's snarl and a Englishman's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltown, Co. Kilkenny
