School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Molloy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 116
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- All is not gold that glitters. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A good dinner is better than a fine coat. A rolling stone gathers no moss. He that goes aborrowing goes assorrowing. Wide will wear, but tight will tear. The juice of a cow is good alive or dead. Empty vessels make most sound.
Too far east is west.
If you don't sow in spring you won't reap in Autumn.
When the cat it out the mice can play.
There is no help or cure against death.
Hills are green far away.
A borrowed horse had hard hooves.
A tinker's wife and a tailor's wife are two that never agreed.
A stitch in time saves nine.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Teresa Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Joseph Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
