School: Billis
- Location:
- Billis, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: R. Binéid
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- Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe. Better spend a penny wisely than a pound foolishly. Good workers deserve good wages. Together we stand, divided we fall. Pride must have a fall.
- Bread was often made from wheat and oats grown locally. Boxty bread is made with raw potatoes, boiled potatoes and flour. Boxty bread is eaten in some houses on Hallow Eve night. A cross is cut on the cake when made, so that the cake would be baked through and through.