School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Fionnmhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 063
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- Your pocket is your best friend.
The juice of a cow is good dead or alive.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Time is a good storyteller.
Work is better than talk.
Do not make a custom and do not break a custom.
There is no feast until a roast and no torment until a marriage.
Your son is your son to-day, but your daughter is your daughter always.
Do not praise or dispraise yourself.
A story without an author is not worth anything.
Do not desert your friend for your own share.
A new broom sweeps clean.
If the cap suits you; wear it.
A full purse makes a light heart.
It is a long road that has no turning.
It is often a person's mouth broke his face.
Time and tide wait for no man.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Where a tree falls let it lie.
Things bought dear are often sold cheap.
A very good year - a foggy Winter, a frosty(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonroad More, Co. Clare
