School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 128
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Proverbs1. Empty vessels make most sound
2. The more the merrier
3. Spare the rod and spoil the child
4. April and May keep far from the sea.
5. June and July swim until you die.
6. A wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay.
7. Keep a thing for seven years and if you don't want it throw it away.
8. One good trick is as good as ten bad ones.
9. Better late than never
10. The more you get the more you want.
11. A man of words and not of deed fills a garden full of weeds.
12. Many hands make light work
13. Never day you can't; always say you'll try
14. Eat your fill but pocket none.
15.The longer you live the more you'll know.
16. A stitch in time saves nine.
17. Birds of a feather flock together.
18. The longest way round is the shortest(continues on next page)
