School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd O Lighin
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- A hungry eye sees far.
Every thing counts.
The good hurler is always sitting on the ditch.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A rainbow at morning is the shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.
A good name is better than gold.
The straw shows how the wind blows.
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
It is many an ill which does not blow someone good.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
As the mind thinketh so the bell(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vincent Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
