School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Garaidh
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  1. Birds of a feather flock together.
    Nice feathers make nice birds.
    Time is a good storyteller.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    All is not gold that glitters
    The early bird catches the fly.
    Make hay while the sun shines.
    A burnt child dreads the fire.
    The best colt needs training.
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    God never closes one gap but he opens another.
    Many hands make light work.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. It was not on one foot that St. Patrick came to Ireland.
    It is not the big stones alone that build a castle.
    Every hound is a pup until he hunts.
    When wine is in wit is out.
    A good character is better than a fortune
    A wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay.
    Rome was not built in a day.
    March comes in like a lion and goes out like
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Páid De Búrca
    Gender
    Male