School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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- (continued from previous page)She could run a deer.
Many hands make light work.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Hard work is not easy, and dry bread is not greasy.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
She is as hoarse as a drake.
She is as thin as a whip.
He is as broad as he is long.
He is as hardy as a wild-duck.
- It is raining cats and dogs.
He has turned over a new leaf.
Half an hour too soon is better than half a minute too late.
You know the worth of water when the well goes dry.
Always taking out of a meal tub and never putting into it soon comes to the bottom.
Look before you leap.
He is as odd as two left-footed boots.
He that goes a-borrowing goes a(continues on next page) - Collector
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