School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)
- Location:
- Ullinagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sibéal Pollock
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- (continued from previous page)12 It is better to wear out shoes than sheets.
13 Honesty is the best policy.
14 By trying to please everybody you please nobody.
15 Stick to your bush.
16 Resist evil in the beginning lest it overcome you in the end.
17 Where there is a will there is always a way.
18 Little pots are soon hot.
19 A lie has no legs.
20 Cool before you sup.
21 It is better to die like a hero than live like an ox in a stall.
22 Love is a blind but marriage is an eye-opener.
23 The way to a friend's house is never long.
24 A cat in gloves catches no mice.
25 A wet May, a dry June makes(continues on next page)
