School: Meall an tSrutháin (roll number 2117)

Location:
Maulatrahane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Luasaigh
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    357) The hay used is always bright
    358) A rainbow in the morning is the sailors warning
    A rainbow at night is the sailors delight
    359) The wise learn from others experience
    360) Even the truth is not believed from a lier
    361) Never put the boy instead of the master
    362) Too late to share when all is spent
    363) A stitch in time saves nine
    364) Good luck never came too late
    365) Laziness travels so slowly that poverty overtakes it
    366) Lost time is never found again
    367) Two wrongs will never make a right
    368) There is never a fire without smoke
    369) Never put off until to-morrow what you can do to-day
    370) A small leak will sink a liner
    371) Fools make feasts and wise men eat them
    372) Age is honourable and youth is valuable
    373) A rosy apple is rotten at the core
    374) The longest day will come to an end and the dearest friend shall part
    375) Happy is the man who is contended with his lot
    376) Wind for a foal and rain for a calf
    377) There are hopes from the ocean but
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Padraig O Huallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shreelane, Co. Cork