School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 147
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- (1) A man without learning wearing good clothes is like a gold ring in a barrow pigs nose.
(2) Let young people remember what old people say when danger is near hand keep out of the way.
(3) A penny wise a pound foolish.
(4) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
(5) A good runaway is better than a bad fight.
(6) Little said is easy mended.
(7) It is hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
(8) The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.
(9) Work flax and hemp through silk and gear but still the coarseness will appear.
(10) A dry May and wet June(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Lenahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Francis Lenahan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
