School: Cill Chláráin, An Fhiacail
- Location:
- Kilclaran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Muineóg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592, Page 447
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27.A closed mouth catches no flies.
28.What is bread in the bone it is hard to knock out of the flesh.
29.Silence is golden.
30.honesty is the best policy.
31.Actions speak louder than words.
32.An ounce of performance is better than a lb of preaching.
33,The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it.
34.Between two stools you come to the ground .
35.Where there is a will there is a way.
36.A burned child dreads the fire.
37.Two wrongs never made a right.
38.Better alone than in bad company.
39.Tell me your company and I will tell you who you are.
40.One man's meat is another man's poison.
41.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
42.Smooth waters run deep.
43.Easy things are best.
44.It is better be sure than sorry.
45.One moments patience is better than seven years of law.(50)A horse carries death in his heels.
46.It is better to go to bed superless than to rise in debt.
47.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
48.Think twice before you speak once .
49.Those who laugh last, laugh loudest and best.
