School: Killallon (roll number 5207)
- Location:
- Boherard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)Before you marry be sure of a house wherein to tarry.
Trot mammy, trot Daddy and why not gallop the foaleen.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
A shut mouth catches no flies.
Cheerfullness is sunshine in the home.
Idleness is a shortcut to the poorhouse.
Bye and bye is too easily said.
If you rise too late you must gallop all day.
A good hurler is looking on.
An excuse is nearer a woman than her apron.
Alms for the full bag.
Rubbing grease on a fat pig's back.
Bringing apples into an orchard.
Its easier to fall than to rise.
Its better to bend than to break.
Let each one praise the ford as he finds it.
Kindle the dry sticks and the green(continues on next page)
