School: Gortloney (roll number 11978)
- Location:
- Gortloney, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Eoghan de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 231
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- (continued from previous page)"Don't put back for to-morrow what you can do to-day"
"For want of a nail the horse's shoe was lost, and for want of a shoe the horse was lost"
"Keep the shop and the shop will keep you"
"Little said is easily mended"
"A shut mouth catches no flies"
"Many hands make light work"
"You have the wrong pig by the tail"
"Where God's word fails to teach man's cannot"
"Spare the rod and spoil the child"
"Make the hay while the sun shines"
"A little pot is soon hot"
"It is never to late to learn"
"The madman always thinks himself wise."
- Collector
- William Gilligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Droim Eamhna, Co. na Mí
