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School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)

Location:
Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 093

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    1) A good name is better than riches
    2) A wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay
    3) Patience is a virtue have it if you can, seldom in a woman but never in a man
    4) He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day

    5) The man who falls among the slain will never rise to fight again

    6) There is many a slip between the cup and the lip
    7) Beauty never boils the the pot
    8) Handsome is who handsome does
    9) Virtue consists in action
    10) All is not gold that glitters
    11) As a man sows so shall he reap
    12) Between two stools you come to the ground
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peadar Ó Muireadaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath