School: Abbeylara
- Location:
- Abbeylara, Co. Longford
- Teacher: John O' Meara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0658
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- "It is late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen."
"Never sell your hens on a rainy day."
"Before you marry be sure of a house wherein to tarry."
"Always taking out of the mealbin and never putting in soon comes to the bottom."
"A new broom sweeps clean."
"Don't wait ot get the scollops until the thatch is blown off."
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"Never put off till tomorrow what can be done to-day."
"It's a bad wind that doesn't blow somebody good."
"He who goes on borrowing goes on sorrowing."
"There's many a slip twixt the cap and the lips."
"You may bring a horse to the river but you can't make him drink."
"Birds of a feather flock together."
"All is not gold that glitters."
"Wilful waste makes woeful want."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Meara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbeylara, Co. Longford
