School: Bloomhill
- Location:
- Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Nic Annraoi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 447
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- (continued from previous page)19. Burn everything that comes from England except the coal.
20. He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
21. Necessity is the mother of invention.
22. Never put of till tomorrow what you can do to day.
23. After a storm a calm.
24. Smooth water runs deep.
25. He who slings mud is loosing ground.
26. It is hard for an empty bag to stand up right.
27. Creditors have been memories than debtors.
28. Vessels llarge shall venture more but little boats should keep near shore.
29. A plough man on his legs is better than a gentle man on his knees.
30. The eye of the master is worth both his eyes.
31. Constant dropping wears a stone.
32. He that rises late must trot all day.
33. A small blak (?) will sink a great ship.
34. They that will not be councelled cannot be helped.
35. Hills are green far away.
36. All that glitters are not gold.(continues on next page)
