School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)and the lip.
Its two late to spare when all is spent.
A place for everything and everything in its proper place.
As you brew you must bake.
As you sow you must reap.
Do not spur a willing horse.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Look before you leap.
If you loose an hour in the morning you will be all the day hunting it.
He who can't take a joke should not make a joke.
Man proposes but God disposes.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tea.
Don't count the chickens until they are hatched.
When a person is very fat he is said to be,
"As fat as a fool".
When a person is contrary he is said to be
"As contrary as a weasel.
If a man is is in difficulties he is said to be
"between the devil and the deep sea".
Anything very red is said to be(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Keenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrastoona Beg, Co. Roscommon
