School: Maio (roll number 13119)
- Location:
- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 391
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- When the cuckoo sings on a bare thorn, sell your cow and buy corn.
A green Christmas, a rank churchyard.
It is a bad wind that does not blow good to somebody.
Winter's thunder is Summer's wonder.A rainbow in the morning, is the sailor's warning.
and a rainbow at night, is the sailor's delight.Saturday's flitting, short sitting.A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay,
A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon,
" " " " " July is worth a fly.A wet and stormy May fills the haggard full of hay.
A wet May, and a dry June, makes the farmer whistle a merry tune.An ounce of luck is work a pound of work
Two heads are better than one.
Set a beggar on horseback and he will outride the devil.
What happens is best.
Say little and say well.
Think before you speak.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
The more hurry, the less speed.
As good to be out of the world, as out of the fashion.(continues on next page)
