School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 137
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- (continued from previous page)Bachelor's wives and maidens' children are well trained.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
There is not more dust in the sunbeam than in the rest of the room.
'Tis the thunder that frights,
But the lightning that smites.
Last but not least.
Never trust a person who is flattering you to much.
People think little who talk too much.
A good tradesman has all his own tools.
A good fortune is a good character
A house without a wife is like a ship without a captain.
'Tis something nothing, and has been slave to thousands, but he who fishes from me my good name robs me of that which not(continues on next page)
