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School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
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    lazy tailor.
    5. A stitch in time saves nine,
    6. A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
    7. Better late then never.
    8. It is often a person's mouth broke his nose.
    He cut the rod to beat himself.
    9. A chip of the block.
    10. It is a good hurler that sits on the fence.
    Old Sayings
    When the cuckoo sings on a bare thorn you may sell your cow and buy corn.
    Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
    He is on the pigs back.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown or Cloneen, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Michael Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clondalee More, Co. Meath