School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 291
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- (continued from previous page)God never closes one door but he opens another.
What the heart thinketh the mouth speaketh.
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Laughing always comes to crying.
Butter would not melt in her mouth.
She doesn't know "B" from a bull's foot.
Exchange is no robbery.
Once a man twice a child
As odd as half-a-scissors.
As cross as a bag of cats
As awkard as a bag of hammers.
As ugly as sin.
As stiff as a poker.
As straight as a ram-rod.
As straight as a dye.
As crooked as a dog's hind-leg.
As crooked as a ram's horn.
As cute as a fox.
Least said - soonest mended.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Dead men tell no tales.
Two sweet to be wholesome.
Apples will grow again.
Spend and God will send.
The wildest hare settles down
Cabbage is not boiled twice.
A dog's bark is worse than his bite.
