School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 051
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ProverbsThere is no feast till a roast, and no torment till marriage. An empty sack does not stand. Time is a good storyteller. Your son is your son to-day, as sons usually leave home, but your daughter is your daughter for ever. Work is better that talk. Do not praise or dispraise yourself. Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird. A new brush sweeps clean. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. Bad wind blows that does not do anyone good. He who fights and runs away shall live to fight another day. A friend in need is a friend indeed. If the cap suits you wear it. A friend is recognised in hardship. You would never know the good of a bush until it is cut. Never leave for to-morrow what you can do to-day. Time and tide wait for no one. The thing that is got easily, is spent easily. It is a long road that has no turning. A good word never broke a person's mouth. The truth never chokes a man. God made the back for the burden. A closed mouth and a wise head. It is difficult to cut wool off a goat. "Lying down without getting up to you" says the fox to the sheep. God(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charles Cumiskey
- Gender
- Male
