School: Gortloney (roll number 11978)
- Location:
- Gortloney, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eoghan de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 239
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- Meath ProverbsThe following are some of the proverbs heard from time to time in this part of Meath:-You can expect nothing from a pig but a grunt.
Do not ride a free horse to death.
Debt is the worst kind of poverty.
Cleave the log according to the grain.
Better to wear out shoes than sheets.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Better is an ass that speaks well, than a prophet that speaks ill.
Better is an ass that carries you, than a horse that throws you.
As you brew, you must bake.
A wrinkled purse, a wrinkled face.
A knave is one knave, but a fool is many.
A proverb is the wisdom of many, and the wit of one.
To admit that you have changed your mind is to admit that you are wiser today than yesterday.
Small leaks sink great ships.
The horse has not quite escaped that drags his halter.
Praise a fair day at night.(continues on next page)
