School: Skryne (roll number 1210)
- Location:
- Skreen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 369
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- (continued from previous page)Wide will wear but tight will tear.
The tree roots more fast, that has a tough blast.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There is a slippery stone at a gentleman's door.
A patch is better than a hole.
When your neighbour's house is on fire take care of your own.
A burn't child dreads the fire.
When there is a will there is a way.
Every dog can bark on his own floor.
When the weather is fine, of your cloak take care.
Wise men that made laws but it was fools and rogues that broke them.
Hills look green far away.
There is no home like your own.
Practice makes perfect.
Unity is strength.
The night is long that never finds the day.
A little help is better than a lot of pity.
Live horse and get grass.
Never judge the book by the cover.
Do not kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
No man can serve two masters.
A stolen bit is always the sweetest.
It is a bad bird that robs his own nest.
Anything that's strong does not last.
One trouble never comes alone.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Glynn
- Gender
- Female
