School: Dysert (roll number 8640)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Nic Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 446
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- Proverbs and Old Sayings"One goog turn deserves another".
"Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird".
"Make hay while the sun shines".
"Dead with tea and dead without"
"A little tastes sweet"
"THe time and the tide wait for no one".
"A windy day is not the day for thatching".
"People meet but the hills do not meet.
"A stitch in time saves nine".
"A new broom sweeps clean"
"An empty sack does not stand".
"Little by little castles are built"
"A penny wise a pound foolist"
"Many hands make light work"
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
"Work is better than talk"
"If the night is long the day comes"
"There is no great success without risk"
"A blind man is a bad judge of colour".(continues on next page)
