School: Drumcoghill

Location:
Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 253

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  1. 1) He that buys meat buys bones
    He that buys land buys stones.
    2) Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
    3) Early to rise, early to rise,
    Makes a man, healthy, wealthy, and wise.
    4) A still tongue makes a wise head.
    5) To bed with the lamb, and rise with the bird.
    6) Consult your purse before you buy.
    7) Second notions are best but always are dangerous.
    8) He that goeth a borrowing goeth a sorrowing.
    9) Plough deep while sluggards sleep,
    And you'll have seed to sow and to keep.
    Plough in snow, harrow in rain,
    And you'll never see your seed again.
    10) The shoemaker's wife is the worst shod woman in the Parish.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan