School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)

Location:
Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Half a loaf is better than no bread.
    Willful waste is woeful want.
    Live horse till you get grass.
    Beuauty won't boil the pot.
    One swallow never made a summer.
    The ox knoweth his master's crib.
    Better late than never.
    Three quickest ways to send a message - Telegram, Telephone, Tell a woman.
    The three hardest things in the world to put up with - A Thorn, A Hound's Tooth A Fool's word.
    You son is your son to-day, but your daughter is your daughter for ever.
    Marry my daughter, but don't marry my son.
    Is Mairg them them would rear a son.
    (continues on next page)
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