School: Skryne (roll number 1210)

Location:
Skreen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 371

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    is worse than any.
    Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
    One good turn deserves another.
    A windy day is not the day for thatching.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    Long fair long foul.
    Don't count the chickens before they're hatched.
    A watched pot is long in boiling.
    A green Christmas makes a fat Churchyard.
    Marry a woman from the west and marry the whole west.
    Never send a gasun on a man's errand.
    Sow the seed and reap the harvest.
    Patrick O'Brien
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Old Sayings
    Catch your hare and then cook it.
    Working over the clay will soon put a man underneath
    A wet day the rain came.
    After a storm comes a calm.
    Snow will not lie on a hot stone.
    What would you expect from a pig but a grunt.
    Put silk on a pig and he will root.
    Constant dripping wears a stone.
    Let sleeping dogs lie.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Crocock
    Gender
    Female