School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh
- Location:
- Carraholly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 365
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- (continued from previous page)As you wore the candle you might as well wear the inch.
He is a good man untried.
It is too late to spare when all is spent.
Poverty is no disgrace.
WIllful waste makes woeful want.
There are good goods in small parcels.
As lucky as a black cat.
Talk is cheap.
You would want the patience of Job.
A good name is better than riches.
It is not the big stones alone that built the castle.
As white as a hounds tooth.
Like a cat watching a mouse.
A penny for your thoughts.
Better late than ever.
Saying and doing are two things.
Who does the cap fit now?
What is bred in the bone will come out in the marrow.
Beauty id only skin deep but(continues on next page)
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- Ena Ní Cheallaigh
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- Mairtín Ó Riagáin
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- Male
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- Prionsias Ní Mhóráin
- Gender
- Female
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- Tomas de Stonduin
- Gender
- Male
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- Tomás Mac Giobúin
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- Male
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- Treasa Ingham
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