School: Béal Átha (Bella) (roll number 10334)
- Location:
- Bella, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 022
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- (continued from previous page)41. Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil.
42. Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
43. She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse.
44. The more the merrier.
45. Smooth waters run deep and the dirt lies at the bottom.
46. One man's meat is another man's poison.
47. A high gallop comes to a low trot.
48. On their merits modest men are dumb.
49. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
50. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
51. Its an ill wind that doesnt favour somebody.
52. Pick your friends but not to pieces.
53. Dead with tea and dead without it.
54. Time is a great story teller.
65. Don't judge by appearances alone.
66. Never take the book by the cover.
67. The day of the storm is not the day of the scollop.
59. God made the back for the burden.
60. Your son is yours today but your daughter is yours always.(continues on next page)
