School: Baile na Martra (B.) (roll number 13647)

Location:
Castlemartyr, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 100

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 100

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: Baile na Martra (B.)
  2. XML Page 100
  3. XML “Proverbs”

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. (continued from previous page)
    Always taking out of the meal tub and never putting in soon comes to the bottom.
    The breeding of a cat breaks out through his eyes.
    Two heads are better than one.
    Never leave until to-morrow what you can do to-day.
    It is better to be sure than sorry.
    You never miss the water until the well runs dry.
    He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.
    A good run is better than a bad stand.
    Look before you leap.
    It is better to be idle than badly engaged.
    A watch pot never boils.
    Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    A good woman is better than a fortune.
    A fortune in a woman is better than a fortune with her.
    A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    Never put a boy on a man's errand.
    A humble life with peace and quietness is better than a splendid one with danger & risk.
    The early bird catches the worm.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
    Silence is golden.
    Silence gives consent.
    Shut mouth catches no flies.
    What a fool writes, himself reads.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English