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School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)

Location:
Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 140

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    You will never miss the water till the well goes dry.
    Help the weak if you are strong,
    Love the old if you are young,
    Own a fault if you are wrong,
    If you are angry hold your tongue.
    To late to spare when all is spent
    A person often cuts a rod which beats himself.
    Beware of the plámásaí.
    Be not the first by whom the new is tried.
    Be not the last to cast the old
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