School: Rathcormac (roll number 8463)
- Location:
- Rathcormack, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: M. Bean Uí Fhéinneadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 074
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- 1. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
2. Never take the book by the cover.
3. Do not buy a pig in a poke.
4. Never be first in the bog or last in the wood.
5. Look before you leap.
6. Many hands make light work.
7. A long threating comes at last.
8. Make hay while the sun shines.
9. Do not leave for to-morrow what you can do to-day.
10. Do not throw the dirty water out until the clean comes in.
- Collector
- Vincy Meehan
- Gender
- Male
