School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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- (continued from previous page)Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
Friends meet but hills don't
Fools build houses and wise men live in them.
You never miss the water until the well runs dry.
Self praise is no praise.
A burnt child dreads fire
By learning to obey we learn to command.
A place for everything and everything in its own place.
The wise man carries his coat on a fine day, but the fool carries his on a wet day.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Blood is thicker than water.
When the cat is out the mice can play.
The old dog for the hard road.What's bred in the blood comes out in the flesh.
'Tis a long lane that has no turning(continues on next page)
