School: Rassan
- Location:
- Rassan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Agnes Shaw
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 260
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- (continued from previous page)"Wilful waist makes woeful want."
"What you never had you never lost."
"Penny wise and pound foolish.
"Faint heart never won fair lady."
"Money makes not so many real friends as real enemies."
"When the cat's away the mice will play."
"House devil and street angel."
"Carry a begger-man seven years, leave him down once, and you never carried him at all."
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone."
"Loud laughs the vacant mind."
"Empty vessels make most noise."
"Never say die."
"Even a worm turns."
"It's a long lane that hasn't a turn."
"Spare the rod and spoil the child."
"A rod in pickle."
"Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to hell."
"Your own bridle on another man's horse."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eilis Conlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickatober, Co. Cavan
