School: Moynalty (C.)
- Location:
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 136
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- "More noise than wool" said the man that sheared the goat.
As free from money as a frog is from feathers
You will never miss the water till the wells runs dry.
Many hands make light work
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Little said is easily mended
A shut mouth catches no flies
If you lie with dogs you rise fleas
People in glass houses should never throw stones
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Butter would not melt in your mouth.
A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
Kill the two birds with the one stone.
It is not off the ground he picked it, or "kind Daddy for him" said of a child who has the same qualaties as his parents
There is no use crying over spilt milk
Said of a person who is lazy, "he would not hurry if the top grain went with the wind
Locking the stable door after the horse is stolen
If two people have same faults it is said, "They might lick thumbs"(continues on next page)
