School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)12. Idleness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes it.
13. A long time coming comes at last.
14. A new brush sweeps clean
15. A bird in the hand is worth two on the bush.
16. Fine feathers make fine birds.
17. Breeding beats feeding.
18. The breeding breaks out through the eyes of the cat.
19. It is better to be a half an hour too late in this world, than ten years too soon in the next.
20. Despise school and remain a fool.
21. Sense bought is better sense taught.
22. It is never too late to learn.
23. The longer you live the more you know.
24. A good beginning is half the work.
25. The help of God is nearer than the door.
26. Empty vessels make most sound.
27. Fools rush in where angels fear to thread.
28. Better late than never.
29. A word in the court is better than a pound in the purse.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Cahernacrin, Co. Cork
