School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 102
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- (continued from previous page)"There is so much bad in the best of us, and so much good in the worst of us, that it does not become any of us to talk about the rest of us."
- "It takes a wise man to act the fool."
"It is too good to be true."
"A man's arm is made the strongest,
And a woman's tongue is made the longest"
"Health is better than wealth."
"A rainbow in the morning is a sailor's warning
A rainbow in the night is a sailor's delight."
"You will never miss the water till the well runs dry."
"Do not part with the old till you are sure of the new."
"A watched kettle never boils."
"Fools seldom differ."(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sarah Dowdall
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Dowdall
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Clonbartan, Co. Meath
