School: Lios Gúl, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 4230)
- Location:
- Lisgoold North, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0387, Page 042
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“God suits the back to the burthen. ...”
God suits the back to the burthen.
It is hard to lose a good friend and harder till to lose a bad one.
You may put an ass in the stable but you can never make a race horse of him.
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
Three removes are as bad as a fire.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil.
There is no place like home.
Better alone than in bad company.
There is as good a fish in the sea as was ever caught.
Two heads are better than one.
A stitch in time save nine.
- Collector
- John Dunlea
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Denis Dunlea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisgoold North, Co. Cork
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“Proverbs are old sayings which are heard locally...”
Proverbs are old sayings which are heard locally about the townland and each of them has its own sense and meaning. Some of them are as follows There is no place like home means that a person is never as happy as when[?](continues on next page)