School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)
- Location:
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Lynch
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 150
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- 1. The good will [?] but the bad will tear.
2. The older the fiddler the sweeter the tune.
3. Two is company but three is triumpenny.
4. The early bird catches the worm.
5. What you will not see will not sicken you.
6. What you never had you never lost.
7. Enough is as good as a feast.
8. The longest road has always a turn.
9. Birds of one feather all flock together.
10. Shame of leavings is worse than same for eating
11. Paper never refuses ink.
12. Think twice before you speak.
13. Better buy than borrow.
14. A mans work is from sun to sun and a woman's work is never done.
15. As the old cock crows the young one learns.
16. A good beginning is half the work.
17. If you give an old breeches never take the buttons out of it.
18. One swallow never made a summer yet.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Farrelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Farrelly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
