School: Bealach (roll number 5811)

Location:
Ballagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Daltúin
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    23. Time will tell
    24. A little help is worth alot of pity
    24. A day late like the Roscommon Militia
    25. Every crow thinks her own ''bathoon'' the blackest
    26. When the feast is over the pups fight
    27. A shut mouth catches no flies
    28. A dead dog wont bark
    29. A penny wise and a pound foolish
    30. To bed with the lamb and up with the lark
    31. One penny gets another
    32. One tailor blames another
    33. Whats' scare is sweet
    34. Truth is bitter.
    35. There are good goods in small parcels.
    36. Shutting the door when the cow is gone
    37. A whistling woman and a crowing hen wakes the devil out of his den
    38. The one in want never gets
    39. Cat after kind
    40. Will a cat drink milk?
    42. Giving apples to an apple man
    43. Give a dog a bad name and hang him
    44. Easy come easy go. Two is company three is a crowd.
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