School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Coill na Muice, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 232
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- 1. Many men have many minds.
2. A stich in time saves nine.
3. Never too late to learn.
4. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
5. When wine is in With is out.
6. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
7. After a storm comes calm.
8. Misfortune only comes to the wealthy.
9. The early bird catches the worm.
10. Honesty is the best policy.
11. The laggard cow gets the sour grass.
12. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
13. Two heads are better than one.
14. One bird in the hand is better than two on the bush.
15. He that by the plough shall thrive must either hold or drive.
16. Those who learn in the school of experience make good scholars.
17. Rome was not built in a day.
18. Patience and perseverence takes the snails to Jerusalem.
19. By mistakes we learn.
- Collector
- William Hennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
