School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teachers: P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)Far away hills look green.
After rain comes sunshine.
God never shuts one door but He opens another.
Sweet is the sunshine after the rain.Laugh and the wold laughs with you.
Weep and you weep alone.A good beginning is half the work.
We can see the dust in the other persons eye, but we can't see the elephant in our own.
A half a loaf is better than no bread.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
You'll never miss the water until the well runs dry.
You cant put an old head on young shoulders.
Hard gatherings get a wide spreading.
Fools and their money is easy parted.
Wisdom comes with the years.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Happieness is the breath of life.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.
Leave not until to-morrow that which you(continues on next page)
