School: Cullahill (C.), Rathdowwney (roll number 13137)
- Location:
- Cullahill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs Baird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 301
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- (continued from previous page)"They think little, who talk too much"
"Bend with the tree, that will bend with you".
"Do not say grace for your meat, till you get it."
"At the working-man's door, hunger peeps in, but dares not enter."
"Many have been ruined by buying good penny - worths"
"A ploughman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees."
"There are no gains without pains."
"Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy."
"Happiness is the key of Heaven."
These and many other proverbs are to be hear in our every-day conversations, but how few people revert to the meaning of what they say. If they did, there would be very few mistakes made in the course of our daily life.
- Collector
- Nell Moylan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballykealy, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Joe Moylan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballykealy, Co. Laois
