School: Gleann, Meathus Truim (roll number 12136)
- Location:
- Glen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 081
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- (continued from previous page)farther from God.
14. Better late then never.
15. So near yet so far.
16. What you can do to day don't leave until to-morrow.
17. Better rub than rust.
18. Relive the wants of the poor.
19. Quench the burning fire of every bad desire.
20. Good-goods in small parcels but sometimes poison.
21. Wilful waste makes woeful want.
22. Think twice before you speak once.
23. Beggars can't be choosers.
24. It's a bad wind that blows nobody good.
25. Where there's a will there's a way.
26. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
27. Always in a hurry and never in time.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Noellie Kilduff
- Gender
- Unknown
