School: Lacken
- Location:
- Lackanduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Colreavy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 207
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- A penny wise and a pound foolish.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
A half a loaf is better than no bread.
Young a gambler, old a beggar.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Look before you leap.
One good turn deserves another.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Better ware shoes than sheets.
Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall, but soft upon soft makes none atall.
For the want of the nail the shoe was lost.
For the want of the shoe the horse the shoe was lost.
For the want of the hore the rider was lost.
Children and fools, they shouldn't handle edge tools.
Bachelor's wives and maiden's children are well trained.
Necessity does everything well(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Lismeen, Co. Cavan
