School: Ballymakenny, Drogheda (roll number 831)
- Location:
- Ballymakenny, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 167
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- "Too many cooks make bad."
"A shut mouth catches no flies"
"Half a loaf is better than no bread"
"Rome was not built in a day"
"Two heads are better than one"
"Perseverance gains the crown"
"Patience & perseverance brings a snail to Jerusalem"
"A burnt child dreads the fire"
"Look before you leap"
"Every cloud has a bright side"
"Faraway hills are green"
"Cows have long horns in Kerry and fields they are green far away"
"Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise"
"A good race is better than a bad fight."
"Live horse and you'll get grass"
"Do what you are told and you will never go wrong"
"Waste not, want not"
"Spend no strength in worry"
"There is no cure or help against death"(continues on next page)
