School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)
- Location:
- Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
- Teacher: P. Mac Domhnaill
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- (continued from previous page)The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The pen is lighter than the sword.A shut mouth gathers no flies.
Silence is golden.Better be sure than sorry. - One rogue knows another.
Do not spend your life idle.The glen is not empty in which there is water.
The truth is bitter but it has to be told.Praise the young, and they will come.
A little pot is soon hot.Your pocket is not the same coming from the town as it was going
If you are poor be sure no freedom make you will be reckoned as a fool, though how through how true you spake.If a hat does'nt fit, you don't wear it.(continues on next page)