School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Thomas F. O' Hara
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  1. Proverbs
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
    Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
    Empty vessels make most sound.
    He, that goes aborrowing goes asorrowing.
    Wherever there is smoke there is a fire.
    Rather go to bed supperless than rise in deft.
    It is not the big stones alone that build the castle.
    Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Durkan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonty, Co. Mayo