School: Cloichín an Mhargaidh
- Location:
- Clogheen Market, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Teacháin
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- (continued from previous page)21) Honesty is the best policy
22) The more the merrier
23) You cannot put an old head on young shoulders
24) 'Tis a bad wind that do not blow someone good
25) Make hay while the sun shines
26) A new broom sweeps clean
27) Hunger is the best sauce
28) Sense bought is better than sense taught
29) Wilful waste makes woeful want
30) Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day
31) The eye of the master does more work than his hands
32) A small leak will sink a great ship
33) Fools make feasts and wise men eat them
34) God helps them that help themselves
35) Hear; see; and say nothing
