School: Kilavoggy (roll number 2178)
- Location:
- Killavoggy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán de Faoite
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 020
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- 1. All that glitters is not gold
2. Good manners is more important to a business man than either brains or riches
3. Never spur a galloping horse
4. Great minds think alike
5. A bird in the hand it worth two in the bush
6. Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise
7. A brunt child dreads the fire
8. Dafer(?) not till to-morrow to be wise, for to-morrows sun to thee may never rise
9. Better not to be than not to be nobly
10. Nothing succeeds like success
11. Knowledge is power
12.Do not look a gift horse in the mouth
13. Listeners very seldom hear good of themselves
14. Many men have many minds
15. Half a load is a better than none
16. Walls have ears
17. Better alone than in bad company
18. A rolling stone gathers no moss
19. Idle hand always finds mischief to do
20. The early bird gets the worm
21. Every cloud has a silver lining
22. Promises are made to be broken
23. Deceit is the root of all evil(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Teresa Harrison
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Tullycoly, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Kelly
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Cloonbannive, Co. Leitrim
