School: Cromadh (C.) (roll number 9307)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0507, Page 477
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- Old Sayings and Proverbs.You can't knock blood out of a turnip.
An ounce of breeding is better than a stone of feeding.
You can't expect to get a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Don't take the book by the cover.
You wouldn't get water in the river (to a person looking for something that was "under her hands").
"If" was never in a true story.
As the old cock crows the young one learns.
You are as wicked as a mule.
You are as poisonous as a rat.
If it were a dog 'twould bite you (to a person looking for something in a half hearted manner).
You haven't a stem of sense.
Paying for a dead horse (paying for goods which have long ago been used).
You're poor enough to be your own servant.
The best of goods are in small parcels.
The best of clerks make mistakes.
"Everyone to her own fancy" says the old woman kissing the cow.
The best hurlers are always on the ditch.
Put a beggar on horse back and he'll ride to hell.(continues on next page)
