School: Carrigeencor (roll number 10826)
- Location:
- An Carraigín Corr, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Mrs Annie Gillmor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 110
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- (continued from previous page)"God helps those who helps themselves."
"Never buy a pig in a poke."
"A straw best shows how the wind blows"
"Where there is a drunkard there is a curse."
"A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard"
"A haw year is breag year.
A sloe year is no year"
"The old dog for for the hard road."
"One man would bring a horse to the water but none wouldn't make him drink."
"Laziness is the key of beggary"
"Next year's apples will grow again"
"Least said, soonest mended"
"Blood is thicker than water"
"What's nearest the heart is nearest the tongue"
"A constant drop would wear a stone"
"Long runs the fox but he's caught at last"
"A burnt child dreads the fire
"Sweep before your own door first"
"Charity begins at home."
"Do noble deeds, not dream them"
"Actions speak louder than words"
"Deeds, not words"
"Contentment is more than a kingdom.
"Fortune favours the brave."
"Never venture, never win"
"We hear the bees, but see no honey."(continues on next page)
