School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

Location:
Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
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    17. A burned child dreads the fire.
    18. What is worth doing is worth doing well.
    19. Willful waste makes woeful want.
    20. You cannot judge a book by the cover.
    21 Rome was not built in a day.
    22 The early bird catches the worm
    23 Mocking is catching
    24 It is a long lane that has not turn
    25 Necessity is the mother of all invention
    26 A new broom sweeps cleam
    27 A rolling stone gathers no moss
    28 All that glitters is not gold
    29 A shut mouth catches no flies
    30 What you do no know wont worry you
    31 Blood is thicker than water
    32 Its better be sure than be sorry
    33 Its a good horse that draws his own car
    34 Its a good mn that minds his own business
    35 If you wont sow you want reap
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Concannon
    Gender
    Male