School: Coracrin
- Location:
- Corracrin, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Dhuibhghlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 051
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- (continued from previous page)Delaying is not leaving off.
Well begun is half-done.
March searches, April tries, May will tell whether you will live or die.
St. Patrick's Day throw candle and candle-stick away.
Candlesmas Day throw the candle away.
Waste not want not.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
march comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion.
Plough deep when sluggards sleep and you will have earn to sell and to keep.
Always taking out of the meal tub and not putting in soon comes to the bottom.
Time enough lost the ducks.
All that glitters is not gold.
The foregoing proverbs were collected by:-
Hugh Treacy Cornacrieve Emyvale
Margaret Colton Ardnasalem.
Teresa Fields Cornacrieve Emyvale.
Kathleen O'Neill, Emyvale.
Teresa Farmer Emyvale,
Sarah Morrow Derrygasson Emyvale
- Collector
- Hugh Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornacreeve, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Kathleen O Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Emyvale, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Margaret Colton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardnasallem, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Sarah Morrow
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrygassan Lower, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Teresa Farmer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Emyvale, Co. Monaghan
- Collector
- Teresa Fields
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornacreeve, Co. Monaghan
