School: Achadh Luachra
- Location:
- Aghaloory, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hárdaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 016
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Its a bad wind blows that does not do somebody good.
Hunger is the best sauce.
One to day is worth two tomorrow.
Work is better than talk.
Less work is dangerous.
Its not the day of the wind the day of the scollop.
Late to bed and late to rise make a man a beggar before he dies.
A wilful waste makes a woeful want.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Think before you speak.
Better late than never.(continues on next page)
