School: Kilavoggy (roll number 2178)
- Location:
- Killavoggy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 017
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- 1. Willful waste makes woeful want
2. A stitch in time saves nine
3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
4. It's better to die than to lie
5. Too many cooks spoil the broth
7. Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise
8. Courage is half the battle
9. What's worth doing at all is worth doing well
10. Cleanliness is next to Godliness
11. All that glitters is not gold
12. Its never too late to mend
13 Never put back til to-morrow what you can do to-day
14 He who slings mud is losing ground
15 After a storm comes a calm
16 Its an ill-wind that favors nobody
17 Set a beggar on horse-back and he will out-ride the devil
18. A rainbow in the morning is the shepherds warning. A rainbow at night is the shepherds delight
19. Shoes in the cradle and none when your able
20 A man without learning and wearing good clothes is like a gold ring in a borrow pigs nose(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Garvagh, Co. Leitrim
