School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)
- Location:
- Ullinagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sibéal Pollock
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 147
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- 1. Better to die than to lie.
2. Better alone than in bad company.
3. Perseverance conquers all things.
4. A slip of the tongue is no fault to the brain.
5. Slips belong to dancing.
6. An empty house is better than a bad tenant.
7. Hunger is the best sauce.
8. Those who go a borrowing often go a sorrowing.
9. To have a treasure is always a pleasure.
collected by: Sarah Rusk, Lurgahamla
10. Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
11. Don't put up your umbrella till the rain comes on.(continues on next page)
