School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
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- Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire.
Don't put of until to-morrow what can be done to-day
He who give a burrowing goes a sorrowing
Look before you leap
If a jest you cannot take,
Then a jest you shouldn't make
To many cooks spoils the broth.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A crown that hurts is not worth having.
Neccessity is the mother of invention invention,
It's better to go to bed supperless than to go to bed in debt.
Better late than never.
To-morrow is Sunday to thee may(continues on next page)
