School: Faithlegg (B.), Portláirge (roll number 11614)
- Location:
- Fáithling, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: Peter Lyons
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0653, Page 47
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- (continued from previous page)house.For want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe the horse was lost,
All for the want of a horse shoe nail.Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
Rome was not made in a day.
It's a long lane that has no turn.
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Slow but sure.
It is hard to kill a bad thing.
The old dog for the hard road and the pup for the field.
An ounce of breeding is worth as years feeding.
Health is better than wealth.
the longest way round is the shortest way home.
What the eye don't see the heart don't feel.
A gentleman's maid has a weary life, polishing floors and cleaning knives, from kitchen to the hall like a dog that gets a call.
If you want to know me come live with me.
- Collector
- William Condon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pointe na Síge, Co. Phort Láirge
