School: Leamh-choill
- Location:
- Drumsillagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Ghadhra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 008
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- "Curses do not fall on sticks or stones."
"You do not know the shelter of the bush until it is wet."
"Water and fire are not play toys"
"Do not add to the burning fire, quench it"
"Dead men tell no tales."
"Let sleeping dogs lie."
"Do not stir the dirty water."
"Do not let your right hand know what your left is doing"
"Do not injure the widow or orphan."
"Mocking is catching."
"Fools make feasts and wise men eat them."
"New brooms sweep clean, but the old one takes the corners."
"Never build towards the North."
"Travel farther and fare worse."
"Laugh at the fool, praise the fool and send the fool farther."
" A haw year is a 'breagh' year."
"Do not burn food or you will have to follow the crow for the potato."
"Beware of the bad dog and the good dog won't harm you."
"A wilful waste makes a woeful want."
"There are slippery steps at the gentleman's hall door."
"Where there is muck, there's luck."
"Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall, but soft upon soft makes none at all."
"If by the plough you wish to thrive, you must either lead or drive."
"Long threatening comes at last."(continues on next page)
