School: Carrickaslane (roll number 365)
- Location:
- Carrickaslane, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mary Greer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 259
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1 Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes it brings good cheer.
2 As Days make the year smiles make good cheer.
3 Through the wide world he only is alone who lives not for another.
4 Remember this that very little is needed to make a happy life.
5 Stones are only thrown at trees with fruit on them
6 What comes easy, goes easy.
7 If it were a dog it would bite you.
8 It is as crooked as a ram's horn.
9 It is as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
10 A new broom sweeps clean but the old one takes the corners.
