School: Corlis
- Location:
- Corlis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 187
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- (continued from previous page)26. He that by the plough doth thrive, must either hold or drive.
27. A stitch in time saves nine.
28. He who laughs first laughs longest.
29. It's a long road that hasn't a turn.
30. He is growing by the inch.
31. You will get better before you are twice married and once a widow.
32. Cows across the sea have long horns.
33. Health is better than wealth.
34. He who hides finds.
35. The person who talks most, works least.
36. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures in a doctor's book.
37. Talk doesn't fill the stomach.
38. A tinker's wife and a tailor's wife are two that never agreed
39. A sloe year is a good year, a haw year is a braw year.
40. The world wouldn't make a race horse of an ass.
41. Deep waters run smooth.
42. It is the empty cart which makes most noise.
43. He would hear the grass growing.
44. He who only drinks water does not get drunk.
45. A friends eye is a good mirror.
46. It is an ill wind that does not blow someone good.
47 It is not possible to be eating meal and whistling at the same time.
