School: Newtown, Borris
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 524
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- Charity begins at home.
If you want to know me come live with me.
Tell me your company and I will tell you what you are.
Old scissors would you cut.
There is as good a fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Never count your chickens until their hatched.Money makes money.
A little help is better than a lot of pity.
Birds a feather flock together.
Wh We hear the bees but we see no honey.
Hate few but love many.
A watched pot never boils.
Too much of anything is good for nothing.
Where there is women there is talk also.
When wine is in whit is out.
No news is good is good news.
You cannot a silk purse(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lawrence Fogarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballykeenan, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Lawrence Fogarty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballykeenan, Co. Carlow
