School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)
- Location:
- Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 282
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- Old Sayings
1 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
2 The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
3 A shut mouth catches no flies.
4 Empty vessels make most sounds.
5 A bird in your hand is worth two in the bush.
6 A shut mouth is sweet.
7 The more the merrier.
8 One at the fire eats more than two at the table.
9 The longer you live the more you will know.
10 Thinking that made your head so big.
11 It is not big stones alone that go to build a castle.
12 Birds of a feather flock together.
13 Many hands makes light work.
14 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
15 “Come in out of the wet” says the shark to the sailor.
16 It is a wise man that carries his coat on a fine day because any fool would carry it on a wet day.(continues on next page)
