School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 289
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Self praise is no praise.
You never miss a slice off a cut loaf.
It's no use closing the stable door when the horse is gone.
Listeners never hear good of themselves.
It's a bad hen that cannot scrape for herself.
Burning a candle at both ends.
The nearer the church the farther from God.
We must be cruel to be kind.
A warm hand is a cold heart.
It takes a dirty hand to make a clean hearth.
Don-duckety grey. - Don't carry your wish bone where your back-bone ought to be.
When your in Rome do as Rome does.
The darkest hour is before the dawn.
After a storm comes a calm.
Never take a book by the cover.
She's a real book-worm.
