School: Seskin, Donard
- Location:
- Seskin, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Tutty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0916, Page 026
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- (continued from previous page)36 You will never miss the water until the well goes dry.
37 There is no place like home.
38 There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
39 There is hope from the ocean but none from the grave
40 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
41 Never lock the stable when the horse is out
42 Prevention is better then the cure.
43 An hour in the morning is worth two at night.
44 Dont leave until to morrow what you can do to day.
45 He jests a scar who never felt a wound.
46 Say a gentle word when you would rather speak unkindly.
47 Look before you leap.
48 Two heads are better than one.
49 A stitch in time saves nine.
50 Rome was not built in a day.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peg Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stranahely, Co. Wicklow
