School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín

Location:
Kilcoe, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Spealáin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 171

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 171

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín
  2. XML Page 171
  3. XML (no title)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (no title)

    Throwing a herring to catch a hake...

    1. Throwing a herring to catch a hake
    2. A bird in your fist is better than two in a bush
    3. Every new broom sweeps clean.
    4. Foreign cows wear long horns
    5. Mind the pennies and pounds will mind themselves
    6. If the pools on the road are not full before March,
    7. March will not fill them.
    8. An ugly foal often grew up a good horse
    9. Better late than never
    10. A good name is better than great riches
    11. The longest way round is the shortest way home
    12. Too much is as bad as too little
    13. A half loaf is better than no bread.
    14. It is easier to fall than to rise.
    15.. a long thread is the sign of a lazy tailor.
    16. There is no place like home.
    17. Never put off to-morrow what you can do to-day
    18. because one to-dat is better two to-morrow
    19. Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark
    20. Empty vessels make most noise
    21. When the car is out the mouse can play.
    22. It is difficult to put a wise head on young shoulders
    23. The longer you live the more you learn
    24. As bad as James is, he is better than nothing.
    25. A person often cut a rod to beat himself
    26. Money is easier spent than earned.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    Language
    English