School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)
- Location:
- Drumcormick, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Nora Healy
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0306
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- (continued from previous page)48. A person who walks a long road grinds both fine and course.
49. The man who doesn't carry his coat on a dry day doesn't have it on a wet day.
50. Don't take the book by the cover.
51. He is a poor priest who has not a clerk.
52. Don't look at all you see, and don't listen to all you hear.
53. Dont judge the first story till the second story catches up on you.
54. If you don't sow in the Spring, you won't reap in the Autumn.
55. Let sleeping dogs lie.
56. However near a person's coat is to him his shirt is nearer.
57. However long the night day comes at last.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ambrose Breheny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bricklieve, Co. Sligo
