School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)
- Location:
- Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs E. Jordan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 341
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- (continued from previous page)"There is many a slip between the cup and the lip"
"Those who cannot have what they like must learn to like what they have"
"The mill cannot grind with the water that is passed"
"The best throw of the dice to throw them away"
"When your neighbour's house is on fire take care of your own"
"Between two stools you come to the ground"
"A straw best shows how the wind blows"
"A straight tree may have crooked roots"
"One man may lead a horse to a pond's brink but twenty men could not make him drink"
"Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there"
"Hills look green far away"
"Make hay while the sun shines"
"Early to bed early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
"Too late to spare when all is spent"
"Strike the iron while it is hot"
"When the sun shines on you the world frowns on you"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jerard Jordan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mullany
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
