School: Dangan (C.) (roll number 7499)
- Location:
- An Daingean, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Fhógartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 224
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“Birds of a feather flock together...”
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“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
1 Necessity is the mother of invention.
2 A stitch in time saves nine.
3 Curiosity killed the cat.
4 The longer you live the more you will learn.
5 Better late than never.
6 Live horse and you will get grass.
7 It never rains but it pours.
8 A shut mouth catches no flies.
9 Birds of a feather flock together.
10 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
11 The cows in Kerry have long horns.
12 The hills are green far away.
13 Every dog has his day.
14 It takes an old dog for a hard road, and a pup for a boirin.
15 You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
16 Its a long lane that has no turn.
17 As long a as the pitcher goes to the well it’s broken at last.(continues on next page)