School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Lanesborough, Co. Longford
- Teacher: E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 106
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- 1. The more haste the less speed.
2. The best hurlers are always on the ditch.
3. A stitch in time saves nine.
4. Far of what God send.
5. Far and easy goes far in the day.
6. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
7. Always look before you leap.
8. All is well that ends well.
9. Many hands make light work.
10. For the want of a nail the shoe is lost.
11. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
12. Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.
13. East or West home is best.
14. Honesty is the best staff to lean upon.
15.Keep you keys and be at ease.
16. Long road that has no turn.
17. The day of the wind is not the day of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeanette Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardsallagh More, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Miss Rose Shannon
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Ardsallagh More, Co. Roscommon
