School: Cill Crócháin (roll number 15410)
- Location:
- Kilcrohane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Murthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0286, Page 118
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- (continued from previous page)20. The grace of God is nearer than the door.
21. The more haste the less speed.
(22) Foreign cows wear long horns.
(23) Time is a good story-teller.
(24) You cant put an old head on young shoulders.
(25) There is no use in crying over spilt milk.
- Proverbs July 18th 1938(1) Better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
(2) A stitch in time saves nine.
(3) Empty vessels make the most sound.
(4) Larger ships may venture more but little boats must keep near shore.
(5) Beauty never boils the pot.
(6) A watched pot never boils.
(7) More haste the less speed.
(8) The longest way around is the nearest way home.
(9) Riches never make a man or wealth a happy home.
(10) A bird in the fist is worth two in the bush.
(11) It is better to be born lucky than rich.
(12) Barking dogs seldom bite.
(13) Make hay while the sun shines.
(14) Its better to leave sleeping dogs lye.
(15) Once a man and twice a child.
(16) God's mills grind slowly but surely.
(17) You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eileen Donovan
- Gender
- Female
