School: Eanach Dubh (C.) (roll number 13657)
- Location:
- Annaduff, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Mary Shanley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)Fools make feasts but wise men eat them.
A grass harrow gathers no stones.
It is hard to put an old head on young shoulders.
A little pot is soon hot.
A whistling woman and a crowing hen should be left at a four crossroads.
He who marries a widow with three children marries four thieves.
Women and hens are lost by gabbing
Rising late one must gallop all day.
A wise man never goes without his coat.
A man is better than his birth.
Praise the young and they will improve.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
- The Local Poet here was John McDonald. He lived in Bornacoola and was eighty years of age when he died. It is only a few years since he died. He made poems for the local papers and(continues on next page)
