School: Ballymore (C.) (roll number 7444)
- Location:
- Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: K. Kavanagh Mrs Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 342
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Your son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever
Don't make a custom, and don't break a customDead with tea and and dead without itA new brush sweeps cleanA full purse makes a light heartIf the cap suits you, wear itAn empty sack doesn't standThe thing that is got easily is spent easilyIt is a long road that has no turningA little tastes sweet
It is not possible to be eating meal and whistling at the same time
The truth is often bitterWhen the wine is in, the sense is outMan proposes, but God disposesIt is often a person's mouth broke his noseThe truth never choked a manGod made the back for the burdenIt is difficult to cut wool off a goat
Four things that an Irishman cannot trust:-a cow's horn, a horse's hoof, a dog's snarl and an Englishman's(continues on next page)
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