School: De Freyne (roll number 16457)
- Location:
- Portaghard, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Gionnáin
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- (continued from previous page)Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
It is the ill-wind that doesn't favour somebody.
A peck of March dust is worth the King's ransom.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush..
It is a long road that has no turning.
It is a sad heart that never rejoices.
Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep.
He is never alone who is in company, with noble thoughts.
Better be poor and honest, than rich, and become a thief.
Silks and satins often put out the kitchen fire.
When you wore the candle, wear the inch.
Kill the two birds with one stone.
Slow and steady go far in the day.
In speaking of a person's faults pray don't forget your own, remember those in homes of glass should never throw a stone.
The cat has leave to look at the King.
