School: Tullybrack
- Location:
- Tullybrack, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: F. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 017
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- Every one has his own story. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man helthy wealthy and wise.
Late to bed and late to rise makes a man beg before he dies.
A rolling stone gather no moss.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
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All light tasks seem hard at first.
The early bird catches the worm.
Better an hour too early than one minute too late.
Patience is a virtue.
A stitch in time saves nine."The Vere Foster Headline Copy Books" were in use in all the schools in old times. Those and "The Spelling Book Superseded"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- F. Maguire
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Tullybrack, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Brigid Teresa Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corracholia More, Co. Cavan
