School: Ardagh (roll number 15035)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
L. Ó Maolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 231

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  1. There are many old sayings here are some of them.
    Dig deep while sluggards sleep and you will have corn to sell and to keep.
    Two heads are better than one if they were only sheep's heads.
    Half a loaf is better than no bread.
    Rust consumes more than labour wears.
    Think of your last end and you will never sin.
    Make the hay while the sun shines.
    Early to bed and early to rise is the way to be healthy wealthy and wise.
    Cure for sore eyes is to see you.
    If I had a handful of green rushes I would throw them under your feet.
    The day of the wind is not the day of the scallop.
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    Spare the road and spoil the child.
    Time and tide wait for no man.
    Hunger is a good sauce.
    One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
    Dead men tell no tales.
    A rolling stone gather's no moss.
    Self praise is no praise.
    It is a long lane that has not a turn.
    Empty vessels make most noise.
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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)
    Folktales index
    AT1541: For the Long Winter
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Halpin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meeltanagh, Co. Longford