School: Corlis
- Location:
- Corlis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 186
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- 1. Little said is easy mended.
2. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
4. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
5. He is as ignorant as a donkey
6. The day of the wind is not the day of the scollops.
7. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
8. It is better late than never.
9. After a storm there is always a calm.
10. One swallow makes no Summer.
11. It is too late to spare when all is spent.
12. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
13. The early bird for the early worm.
14. He is as old as Methusalem's cat.
15. A burned child dreads the fire.
16. The more a man has the more he wants.
17. He would drink the sea dry.
18. As long as a man lives he can alter his will.
19. There is nothing bad but could be worse.
20. He is as hardy as a wilduck.
21. The more the merrier.
22. Never say fail.
23. He is not as bad as he is painted.
24. It's as tight as twopence in a rag.
25. It is late to close the barn door when the steed is stolen.(continues on next page)
