School: Corlea
- Location:
- Corlea, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 082
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- You will never know the want of water till the well runs dry. Due today is worth two tomorrow. They who rise early never do a good day's work. Those who live in a glass house should not throw stones. As old fashioned as a cricket. A man who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. as bothered as a beetle. As sound as a bell. As rich as a jew. You have face on you as long as a fiddle. As greedy as a hound. As fresh as paint. As dead as a doornail. As poor as a church-mouse. As busy as a a nailer.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Northlands, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Northlands, Co. Cavan
