School: Glenahulla, Mitchelstown (roll number 12446)
- Location:
- Glennahulla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Bean Uí Réagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 065
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- (continued from previous page)12 Half a loaf is better than no bread.
The longest way round, is the shortest way home.
13 Happy is the bride, that the sun shines on, and happy is the corpse that the rain falls on.
14 Better have a friend on the road, than gold or silver in your purse.
15 Every one has his lot, and a wide world before him.
16 He that rises late, must trot all day.
17 A slip of the tongue, is no fault of the mind.
18 He that stays in the valley, will never get over the hill.
19 Set good against evil.
20 Sweep before your own door, before you look after your neighbours.
21 He must be fond of misfortune, who runs out to meet it.
22 It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down.
23 Idleness is the devils snare for small and great.
24 Rogues are always found out in some way.
25 Where the drink goes in, there the wit(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máiréad Bean Uí Réagáin
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
