School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)

Location:
Clontead More, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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    sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep".
    "A poor harvest makes empty barns".
    "Half a loaf is better than no bread".
    "Children and fools should not handle edge tools".
    "Debt is the worst kind of poverty".
    "Bend the twig and you'll bend the tree".
    "Bachelors wives, and maidens children are well trained".
    "It is easier to wear old shoes than buy new ones".
    "Be old when young that you may be young when old".
    "A rolling stone gathers no moss".
    "One good turn deserves another".
    "A lie has no legs".
    "An idle man tempts the devil".
    "Good words are good but good deeds are better".
    "Make hay while the sun shines".
    "To borrow is dearer by far
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Crissie Lyons
    Gender
    Female