School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 255
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- (continued from previous page)20. Hunger is good sauce.
21. Better late than ever.
22. The more hurry the less speed.
23. You can't have your loaf and eat it.
24. Make hay while the sun shines.
25. A rolling stone gather no moss.
26. After a storm comes a calm.
27. One good turn deserves another.
28. A good start is half the work.
29. A new broom sweep clean.
30. Many hands make light work.
31. A good run is better than a bad stand.
32. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
33. He is as poor as a Church mouse.
34. When the cat is out the mice are dancing.
35. By learning to obey we know how to command.
36. A good character is better than a great fortune.
37. He that cannot bear a jest should not make one.
38. Religion is the best armour but the worst cloak.
39. We know the worth of water when the well is dry.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Robert Beechinor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
