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School: Johnstown, Arklow

Location:
Johnstown Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Nelly Bolger
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 028

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    Time and tide will wait for no man
    There is as good fish in the sea as ever was caught.
    Spend no strength in worry you need it all for duty
    Look before you leap
    An angry eye sees afar
    A good beginning is half the work.
    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
    God never shut one door but he opened another
    To forgive is good-will but to forget is good-will power
    The old dog for the hard road, the pup for the the path
    You can't be whistling and eating honey
    You cannot have an old head on your shoulders
    Nothing lasts for ever
    As long as the day is the night comes
    Live horse and you will get
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