School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 007
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- (continued from previous page)10. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
11. It is an ill wind that blows no good.
12. The best hurlers are always on the ditch.
13. Out of sight out of mind.
14. Birds of a feather flock together.
15. There's many a slip, between the cup and the lip
- 1. Ill got, ill gone.
2. Labour is hard work.
3. Honesty is the best policy.
4. What is a home without a mother.
5. The truth never killed a man.
6. Whiskey when you are sick makes you well.
7. Whiskey when you are well makes you sick.
8. Curses like crows come to roost.
9. Tell me your company and I will tell you who you are.
10. You cannot make a silk purse out of a pig's ear
11. Ripping and sewing keeps a man going.
12. The best of friends must part.
13. Curiosity killed a cat.
14. Marry a woman from the mountain and you marry the mountain.(continues on next page) - Collector
- May Monaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs J. Monaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Navan, Co. Meath
