School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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  1. Old Sayings 22-3-38
    1. Don't put off till tomorrow the song you can sing today
    2. Do the job that's nearest tho it's dull at whiles
    3. He who receives a good turn should never forget it
    4. He who does a good turn should never remember
    5. Never say die never tell a lie never stick your finger in another man's pie
    6. Carefully with fires we know but carefully with word's is ten time's doubly so
    7. It's the song's you sing and the smile you wear that makes the sunshine everywhere
    8. Hope for the best be ready for the worst and take cheerfull whatever comes
    9. There is two ways of doing things as everyone supposes. Some turn up their sleeves and work and some turn up their noses.
    10. If the best man's faults were to be written on his forehead it would make him pull his hat over his eyes
    11. A little charity to the living is worth a wagon of flowers to the dead
    12. Its all very well to laugh and grin when life goes like a song. But it takes a man to
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo