School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 152
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- 1. Put a silk dress on a goat and it is still a goat.
2. The world will never make a race horse out of an ass.
3. Live horse and you will get grass.
4. Dont judge the book by the cover.
5. You cannot count chickens before they are hatched.
6. You cannot put an old head on young shoulder.
7. Every cloud has a silver lining.
8. If you cannot take a joke dont make a joke.
9. It is an ill wind that dos'nt blow somebody good.
10. A friend in need is a friend in deed.
11. It is never to late to mend.
12. All work no play makes Jack a dull boy.
13. Make hay while the sun shines.
14. The horses dies while the grass is growing.
15. You dont think of bread when you have it eaten.
16. Often the best horse dos'nt win the race
17. There is never smoke without a fire.
18. If you have only a kitten be in the middle of the fair with it.
19. better late than never.
20. The man who advices you is the man you often hate.
22. Marry the mountain woman and you marry the mountain.
23. It is better to bend that to brake.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Marmion
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
