School: Machaire, An Tulach
- Location:
- Maghera, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Seanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593, Page 183
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Patrick Degidon 2 Rylane, Quin,
Co.Clare.
3 90 Farmer
Old Proverbs.
Fools at their own folly.
Look before you leap and think before you speak.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
The early catches the worm.
Always taking out of the meal bag and never putting in soon comes to the bottom.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
it never rains but it pours.
Never take the book by the cover.
Misfortune never comes alone.
A lame tongue gets nothing.
No man is as exact as an idler.
An ounce of grief never paid a pound of debt.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to-day.
You could not put an old head on young shoulders.
A miser sees the grass growing.
The day of the wind is not the day to be putting on the scallop.A good beginning is half the work.
The learning is no load to anybody.
Don't mind the man that does not do his own work.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Degidon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Rylane, Co. Clare
