School: Druim Garlaigh (roll number 11701)
- Location:
- Drumgarly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Estér Ní Dhubhaghain
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- (continued from previous page)Old Sayings1. The stitch in time save nine.
2. If the cap fits you wear it.
3. It is not possible to be eating a meal and whistling.
4. Work is better than talk.
5. A full purse makes a light heart.
6. A new brush sweeps clean.
7. Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
8. The early bird catches the first worm.
9. A long way round is a short way home.
10. A little tastes sweet.
11. The truth is often bitter.
12. Time and tide wait for no man.
13. Time is a good storyteller.
14. One penny gets another.
15. Dead with tea and dead without it.
16. An empty sack doesn't stand.
17. Your pocket is your friend.
18. Don't praise or dispraise yourself.
19. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
20. A friend is recognised in hardship.
21. Man proposes, but God disposes.(continues on next page)
