School: Gleanntán
- Location:
- An Gleanntán, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Daghnáin
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- (continued from previous page)Knowledge is power.
Far away hill look green.
Far off cows wear long horns.
Love is blind but marriage is an eye opener. - A good run is better than a bad stand. A watched pot never boils. A stitch in time saves nine. Never cry over spilt milk. A rolling stone gathers no moss. You can take a horse to the well but you can't make him drink. He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
Kind cat kind kitten.
The cutest hen lays out.
Promise little and do good.
Make hay when the sun shines.
Exchange is no robbery.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away but an onion a day keeps every(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Shannon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- An Gleanntán, Co. Chorcaí