School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 265
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- (continued from previous page)than no bread.
You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
The longer you live the more you know.
The bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
The man standing by can see as far in the rock as the man that is picking it.
For the loss of a nail the shoe was lost.
It is better to be born lucky than rich.
A wise man never found a dead man.
Think twice before you speak once.
The last straw breaks the camels back.
Two wrongs never made a right.
You cannot expect anything from a pig but a grunt.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Owen Murtagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Owen Murtagh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
