School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)
- Location:
- Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- After a storm comes a calm.
See a pin, pick it up, all the day you will have good luck, See a pin and let it lie all the day you will have to cry.
A half loaf is better than no bread.
Faint heart never one fair lady.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
A car on the road is worth two on the ditch.
There's hope from the ocean but none from the grave.
Best hurlers are always on the fence.
A stitch in time saves nine.
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost, all for the care of a horse shoe nail.
Sticks and stones my break my bones but names will never hurt you.
Never judge the book by the cover.
After a gathering comes a scattering.
After a storm comes a calm.
It is a bad wind that dont blow good for someone.
For age and want save while you may. No morning sun lasts a whole day.
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.
A good word never broke a person's mouth.
God made the back for the burden.
He who has much get more.
The truth is often bitter.
Strife is better than loneliness.(continues on next page)
