School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Lúbán Díge, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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32.it is never too late to mend.
33.it is late to spare when all is spent.
34.Smooth water runs deep.
35.Spare the rod and spoil the child.
36.Never speak loudly ditches(or walls) have ears.
37.Least said soonest mended .
38.Praise the young and they will come.Praise the fool as you find him.
39.What can't be cured must be endured.
40.Patience and a long rod would drive a snail to Jerusalem.
41.Long threatening comes at last.
42.As long as the fox runs he is caught at last.(said of a rogue)
43.As cute as a fox.
44.There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
45.Win it and wear it.(said of those competing)
46.A new broom sweeps clean but the old saucepan better.
47.You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
48.All is faces in love and warfare.
49.If "ifs"and "ands"were pot and cans there would be no call for call for thinkers.(too much interference).
50.God is good and the devil is not as bad either.
51.he was between the devil and the deep sea.(a choice of difficult positions).
The soul if she goes into the church never stops till she goes to the altar.(continues on next page)
