School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Tearmann Feichín, Co. Lú
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 452
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- 1. An empty sack will not
stand.
2. A full sack will not bend.
3. First catch your hare then
cook it.
4. We need no grave to bury
honesty.
5. Great talkers are never
great doers.
6. Praising all alike is praising
none.
7. A half a loaf is better than
no bread.
8. Two heads are better than
one.
- Collector
- Stephen Fleming
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Pheadoc, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Katey Quail
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Pheadoc, Co. Lú
- 9. It is better to be a coward than
a corpse.
10. A living coward is better thana
dead hero.
11. He who fights and runs away
will live to fight another day.
12. It takes more than brown paint
to make an Indian.
13. Too many cooks spoil the
broth.
14. Play not with edged tools.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Philip Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Bhiataigh, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Larry Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Bhiataigh, Co. Lú
