School: Carraig na Heorna (roll number 10938)
- Location:
- Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Susan Mary Irwin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 371
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- (continued from previous page)61 It is easier to fall than to rise.
62 God is nearer than the door.
63 The thing nearest the heart is nearest the mouth.
64 When the fun is at its height, it is right to leave off.
65 It is the heaviest ear of corn that hangs its head lowest.
66 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
67 The person who talks most works least.
68 It is not themost beautiful woman that is the most sensible.
69 The world wouldn’t make a race horse of an ass
70 He would hear the grass growing.
71 It is a small wind that wouldn’t bend a blade of grass.
72 It is better to bend than to break.
73 A rolling stone gathers no moss
74 The war of friends doesn’t last long.
75 A friends eye is a good mirror.
76 It is a bad thing not to have a story at the point of your tongue.
77 One without dinner two for supper.
78 It is a bad third attempt that will not succeed.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Mary Irwin
- Gender
- Female
