School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 347

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  1. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    A wilful waste makes a woeful want.
    Mocking is catching.
    Despise school and remain a fool.
    Live horse and you will get grass.
    Codding comes to danger.
    Blood is thicker than water.
    Its never too late to mend.
    There is many a slip mid the cup and the lip.
    It is a long road that has no turn.
    Seldom comes better.
    Ill get ill gone.
    Its not the hen that cackles the loudest that lays
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