School: Crury (roll number 3134)
- Location:
- An Chraobhaigh, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Martin Keegan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 289
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- There was once a man who lived between Wardtown and Ballyshannon whose name was Simple Simon. On one April's fool day he met a merchant and the merchant wanted to make a fool of him, so he started talking. When the merchant was finished talking Simon said the greatest men in the world were fools, and he said the most prominent buisness [sic] men in the world today were fools at school.
A cat likes fish but does not like to wet her feet.
My own spur and another mans horse.
A good run is better than a bad stand.
A guilty mind punishes it-self.
Waste make want.
An idle brain is the devil's work shop.
A good book is the best of friends.
A little fire is quickly trodden out.
Better alone than in bad company.
Common fame is seldom to blame.
First catch your hare and then cook it.
Before you marry be sure of a house where in to tarry.
Between two stools we come to the ground.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
Lose an hour in the morning and you will be all the day hunting it.
One years seeding is nine years weeding.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Regan
- Gender
- Female
