School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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- Old Sayings
1 A glutton lives to eat, a wise man eats to live
2 Children and fools should not handle sharp-edged tools.
3 Don't show your teeth tell you can bite
4 "Often" does not receive honour.
5 Bend with the tree that will bend with you
6 A rolling stone gathers no moss
7 An inch is a great deal on a nose
8 You can not make a race-horse out of an ass
9 Put manners in the child when it is young.
10 Your land lord's rent or your child's life.
11 We are only here for a few short year's
12 Half an hour to soon is better than a minute too late
13 One thing at a time, and that well done, leads to excellence.
14 We know the worth of water when the well is dry
15 By learning to - obey we know how to command(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy Jordan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Mayo