School: Skryne (roll number 1210)
- Location:
- Skreen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 372
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- (continued from previous page)A friend in court is better than a pound in your purse.
Have it yourself or be without.
The devil you know is better than the Devil you don't know.
The Devil's children have the Devil's luck.
No use throwing water on a drowned rat.
Go to school or remain a fool.
You may trust a robber but not a liar.
There's nothing a ragged coat becomes as well as a potato.
For want of a latch the cow was lost.
Small choice in rotten apples.
A penny saved a penny gained.
A runaway horse is better than sulker.
It isn't the noisiest that bears most or labours hardest.Margaret Crocock
- Old Sayings
A runaway horse is better than a sulker.
It isn't the noisiest that bears the most or labours hardest.
A man's best friend is his pocket.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Example teaches but never reaches.
Bad hay is better than a snowball in a beast's mouth.
It's a bad day that is now worth whistling for.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridget Johnson
- Gender
- Female
