School: Cnocán Mhichíl Naofa (Clochar)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   best cures in the doctor's book.
   A stitch in time saves nine.
   A year of sloes is a sorrowful year, a year of haus is a good year.
   "A sloe year is a low year, A haw year is a braw year.
   An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.
   It is difficult to put a wise head on young shoulders.
   It is the heaviest ear of corn that hangs it's head the lowest.
   Don't look at all you see, and don't listen to all you hear.
   A heavy purse makes a light heart.
   A closed mouth catches no flies.
   As big a s Balla and half Manula.
   As big as Máirín Cláca.
   Patience is a virtue have it if you can, It's always in a woman and never in a man.
   The following are some old sayings:
   It is better to be a old man's pet than a young man's slave.
   It is better late than never.
   Speak civil to the bad man and the good man will not injure you.
   Save the hay while the sun is hot.
   Be the road straight or crooked the high road is the short cut.
   There is so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us, that it ill-behoves any of us to say anything bad about the rest of us.
   God bless the wife's husband and he's a good

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. seanfhocail (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Sloyan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Mainistir Mhaigh Eo, Co. Mhaigh Eo