School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 082
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- 1. Hills look green far away.
2. Cows in Connacht wear long horns.
3. A stitch in time saves nine.
4. Its better late than never.
5. Look before you leap.
6. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
7. Don't put off tomorrow what can be done today.
8. Its never too late to mend.
9. Its too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
10. nature breaks through the eyes of cat.
11. Birds of a feather flock together.
12. What is bread in the blood will break out in the bone.
13. The raven think her own the best though he be lack and white the rest.
14. Where there is muck there is luck.
15. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
16. Half a loaf is better than no bread.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Concannon
- Gender
- Male
