School: Rahavanaig
- Location:
- Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire de Stac
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- 1. A man's mind is his fortune.
2. What is home without a mother.
3. Don't boast, good deeds speak.
4. Listeners never hear good of themselves.
5. Industry is the golden key.
6. Example is more potent than precept.
7. It is a good divine that follows his
own instruction.
8. Those who bring sunshine to the
lives of others cannot keep it from
themselves.
9. A friend is one who knows the best
and the worst of us, and loves us
just the same.
10. No one is useless in this world who
lightens the burden of it for someone
else.
11. The man who wakes up to find him-
self a success hasn't been asleep.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Ní Mhaoilmhíchíl
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faha, Co. Kerry
