School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis
- Location:
- Inis, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: An tSr. Máire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 309
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- (continued from previous page)16. It is never too late to mend
17. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
18. Slow and steady wins the race.
19. When industry goes out the door, poverty comes in at the window.
20. Waste not, want not.
21. When the devil catches one idle he puts him to work.
22. Speech is silver, Silence is golden.
23. If at first you don't succees, try, try, try again.
24. There is no place like home.
25. A friend in the court is better than a pound in the purse.
26. Health is better than wealth.
27. No morning's sun lasts the whole day.
28. Fair and easy goes far.
29. Fine feathers make fine birds.
30. Silk and satins often put out the kitchen fire.
- Collector
- Nora Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bóthar an Chíosógaigh, Co. an Chláir
