School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)
- Location:
- Lios Uí Ghealáin, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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- (continued from previous page)15. "God is slow but sure".
16. "A good woman is better than a fortune".
17. "Every beginning is weak".
18. "Forgive if you wish to be forgiven"
19. "Every picture tells a story".
20. "Ill gotten Ill gone".
21. "Promises are made to be broken".
22. "Listen to the sound of the river and you will catch fish".
23. "Have it yourself or do without it".
24. "New brooms sweep clean".
25. "The day of the wind is not the day of the scoff". - 1. "Fools learn nothing from wise men but wise men learn much from fools".
2. Debt is the worst kind of poverty".
3. "Better is an ass that carries you than a horse that throws you".
4. "Bend the twig and bend the tree".
5. "A good when lost is valued most".(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- An Cluainín Bán, Co. Ros Comáin