School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)
- Location:
- Baile Átha Luain, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Hunter
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- (continued from previous page)"Look before you leap".
"Never count your chickens before they are hatched".
"The cock crows, but the hen lays the egg".
"Rome wasn't built in a day"
"Always paddle your own canoe".
"The school of difficulties is the best school".
"All deep things are song".
"The path of duty is the way of glory"
"Charity begins at home".
"The error of one moment is the sorrow of a whole life".
"A merry heart is better than medicine".
There was once a man called John Coye. He had a habit of putting out his tongue. When he died, if anyone saw you putting out your tongue they would say you had a tongue as big as John Coye's. That is the saying to this day. There is a man called Christy Galvin; people call him mouthy Galvin because he has a bad mouth. If you open your mouth wide people say you have a mouth as big as mouthy Galvin.(continues on next page)
