School: Ballynarry
- Location:
- Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Mac Gabhann
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“A man is known by his company...”
A man is known by his company
Many hands make light work
A little pot is soon hot
Hills look green far away
Too many cooks spoil the brought
Better alone than in bad company
A bird in your hand is worth two in a bush
A pigs ear never makes mutton
Man proposes but God disposes
When the wine is in the sence is out
Rome was not built in a day
A good book is the best of friends
- As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the church hill over steeple and all
The SunWhat is it that walks with its head down
A nail in your bootWhat goes away between two woods and comes home between to waters
A man fetching water in pailsWhat goes away above the grouond and returns under it
A man with sods on his headMiddy noddy round body three feet and a wooden hat
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