School: Clonlara
- Location:
- Cloonlara, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Heoghanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 063
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- (continued from previous page)'Tis a pleasure to be active. There's a joy in labour found
6 "Labour for learning before you grow old. For learning is better than silver or gold. Silver or gold will vanish away. But learning once got will never decay!
7 "Those who live in glasshouses should not throw stones.
8 "A friend in need is a friend indeed"
9 "Eaten bread is soon forgotten."
10 "It is a double curse to be poor and proud."
11 "Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep you.:
12 "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
13 "Wilful waste makes woeful want."
14 " Time and tide wait for no man."
15 "If the hands are clean they need no screen."
16 "A little pot is soon hot."
17 "Make hay while the sun shines."
18 "Rise with the lark and with him to bed."
19 "One hour sleep before twelve is better than two after it."
20 "Possessions is eleven point of the law."
21 "Set a bear on horse back and he'll outride the devil."(continues on next page)
