School: Bailieboro (Model)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 073
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- (continued from previous page)27. Long runs the fox but he is caught at last.
28. Idleness is the key of beggary.
29 Birds of a feather flock together.
30. When wine is in, wit is out.
31. Look before you leap
32. A new broom sweeps clean but the old one knows the corners best.
33. A burned child dreads the fire.
34. Those who talk most think least.
35. One beetle recognizes another.
36. Carefulness cuts the head of bad luck.
37. A stitch in time saves nine.
- 38. A wet and a windy day fills the garden with corn and hay.
39. A dry May and a drop in June makes the farmer whistle a merry tune.
40. It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife who never grumbles.
41. Many hands make light work.
42. Make the hay while the sun shines.
43. All that glitters is not gold.
44. For want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,(continues on next page) - Informant
- Gladys Mc Cartney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
