School: Clochar na Toirbhirte
- Location:
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Sr M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0635, Page 101
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- 1. Siobhán dressed in silks and rags on her father.
2. A hatch is better than a hole, but that is all that is between them.
3. Time or tide will wait for no man.
4. A good beginning is half the work.
5. The longest way round, is the safest way home.
6. It is a long trail, that never finds an end.
7. It is a long road, that has no turn.
8. You are never too old to learn.
9. A good run is better than a bad stand.
10. It is a bad wind that blows nobody good.
11. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
12. The least said is easiest mended.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Fives
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tourin, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mrs Fives
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tourin, Co. Waterford
