School: Coill Sailighe (roll number 4855)
- Location:
- Kilsallagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Ghiobáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 270
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Gaming most commonly ruins many.
Great bankers seldom bite.
Never put off till to morrow what you can do to day.
The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
Foreign cows have long horns.
The hills are green far away.
Don't throw out the dirty water until the clean comes in.
Constant dripping wears the stone.
Don't sell your hen the wet day.
The old cat never burns himself.
When the young cock crows the young one learns.
Nature breaks out through the eyes of a cat.
Too much of the bed makes a dull head.
Far away what God sends.
Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you for when you tell troubles you trouble others too.
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- Collector
- Mr Pat Gannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilsallagh Lower, Co. Mayo
