School: Cnuicín na hAbhann
- Location:
- Knockeennahone, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dairmuid Ó Teangnaigh
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- Give your mind to no man. Look at your own looking glass. Expect nothing and you will not be disappointed. A straw shows best how the wind blows. A closed mouth never did harm. Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. It is hard to carry [?] if it is not born in you. Everyone is as they ought to be. A [?] of itself to split the [?] of oak.A good mother never had a bad child. It is easy to dirty white stockings. The dirt don't stick if you don't throw it on yourself.(continues on next page)
