School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)
- Location:
- Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0188, Page 056
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- (continued from previous page)50. After a storm there comes the calm.
51. All is not gold that glitters.
52. It is never too late to learn.
53. Liars ought to have good memory.
54. A penny wise and a pound foolish.
55. Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other.
56. God is nearer than the door.
57. A good beginning is half the work.
58. Sense does not come before age.
59. Praise the young and it will come.
60. Its better to go to bed supper-less than in debt.
61. Nature is stronger than training.
62. He that hides finds.
63. An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.
64. Many a gloomy morning brings forth a bright day.
65. Leisure is time for doing something useful.
66. Too much bed makes a dull head.
67. The deeds that men do live after them.
68. Beg from a beggar and you never will be rich.
69. It is not all big stones that build a castle.
70. One scabby sheep destroys the whole flock.
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
