School: Tuar Uaimín (roll number 14537)
- Location:
- Tooromin, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Niocláis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 344
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- Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
The early bird catches the worm.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
A wet March makes a bad harvest.
He who bathes in May will soon be laid in clay.
One good thing is better than twenty bad things.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Hills stand and water runs fast.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
A cat with two legs is better than a cat without any.
The nearer the church the farther from God.
Your time enough to give "good morning" to the devil when you meet him.
The man who shoots the wagtails will be killed by the blue-tit.(continues on next page)
