School: Currach Chluana (Croughclooney) (roll number 7885)

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1. Old Sayings (continued)

   

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   Old Sayings
   You cannot expect blood from a turnip.
   You cannot get wool off a goat.
   A pig's ear can never make mutton.
   A burned child dreads the fire.
   As long as the pitcher goes to the well it gets broken at last.
   A bucket withour a bottom cannot hold water.
   The darkest hour is before the dawn.
   Every cloud has a silver lining.
   A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'
   You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.
   We hear the bees but we can't see the honey.
   There is a cure in a dogs lick.
   The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

   

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   Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets often put out the kitchen fire. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise. Time and tide waits for no man. The longer you live the more you hear.

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