School: Derryvoney

Location:
Derryvony, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ní Néill
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    and never putting any in soon comes to the bottom
    (15) For age and want save while you may no morning sun lasts a whole year.
    (16) Perseverance is the mother of Industry.
    (17) Do not give, offence to a stranger and take it from a friend.
    (18) If a jest you cannot take then a jest you should not make.
    (19) Never put off till tomorrow the smile you can do to day.
    (20) Every dog is bravest at his own door.
    (21) A great barker seldom bites
    (22) An empty sack wont stand
    (23) A hungry eye sees far.
    (24) Business first and pleasure after.
    (25) Least said soonest mended.
    (26) When all fruit fails welcome haws
    (27) Food is better than sense.
    (28) The truth is always bitter.
    (29) As cute as a fox.
    (30) Beauty is only skindeep
    (31) The soul is a sweet thing.
    (32) Sufficient for the day is the evil there of.
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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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christena O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Myles O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan