School: Carnán (C.), Fedamore (roll number 9548)
- Location:
- Carnane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0517, Page 152
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- 1. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
2. A stitch in time saves nine.
3. Better late than never.
4. Think twice before you speak once.
5. Better to go to bed supperless than go to bed in debt.
6. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
7. He that would steal a pin would steal a greater thing.
8. All is not gold that glitters.
9. A herring in your own plate is better than a salmon in
10. another man’s plate.
11. Hunger is the best sauce.
12. The used key is always bright.
13. Tis too late to spare when all around is spent.
14. Many the slip between the cup and lip.
15. God never closed a gap but he opened another.
16. Wilful waste makes woeful want.
17. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
18. Tis never too late to learn.
19. The early bird catches the worm.
20. Make hay while the sun shines.
21. Look before you leap.
22. A burnt child dreads the fire.
23. What is home without a mother.(continues on next page)
