School: Kilnaleck (B.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 140
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- (continued from previous page)You will never miss water until the well runs dry.
Do not let the grass grow under your feet.
A closed fist never catches anything.
'Tis not off the grass he licked it.
Once bitten, twice shy.
"Who knows?" as the woman said when she followed the coach.
The worse luck now the better again.
You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip
A new broom sweeps well.
You can't hunt a hare out of bush she isn't in.
God never made a mouth but he made something to put in it.
The slower the water flows the deeper the river.
Never count your chickens before they are hatched.
Paper won't refuse ink.
Beg from a beggar and you'll never be rich.
There's no smoke without fire.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peter Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
