School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 101
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- "A true friend is one who knows you are all right and remembers it, or on the other hand, who knows you are not good and forgets it."
"A Friend in need is a friend indeed."Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
"Late to bed and late to rise makes a man beg before he dies."
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"God blesses the giving hand."
"Better late that never."
"Make the hay while the sun is shining."
"Never leave till to morrow what you can do today."
"One bird in your hand is better than two on a bush."
"The person who does not sow in the Spring will not reap in the Autumn."
"Always think before you act and look before you leap."
"Never too late to mend."
"A Friend's frown is better than a stranger's smile."
"Home sweet home be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Mrs Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Greenan, Co. Meath
