School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- Nature breaks out through the eyes of a cat
You can't whistle and chew meal.
Where is the snow that was there last year
The milk is gone in the cow's horns.
Spilt milk can't be renewed.
It's no use to smoke an empty pipe.
'Tis for her own good the cat purs.
What isn't worth asking isn't worth getting.
Money got too easily is spent very quickly
Once got with a good will is better than twice got with a bad will.
It is a bad hen that doesn't scrape for herself.
Kerry cows wear long horns far from home
Tell me your company and I'll tell you what you are.
- You can't whistle and chew meat.
What is bred in the bone comes out in the flesh.
Those in glass houses should(continues on next page) - Collector
- Richard Allen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Redgate, Co. Limerick
