School: Ceathrú na Manistreach, Elphin

Location:
Abbeycartron, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Pádraig
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  1. 1. Half an hour too early is better than a minute too late.
    2. We know the worth of water when the well is dry.
    3. Don't make a custom and don't break one.
    4. Dead with tea and dead without it.
    5. Lie with the lamb and rise with the lark.
    6. A blind man is a bad judge of colors.
    7. Strife is better than loneliness.
    8. Early to bed and early to ride makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
    9. It is a bad road that has no turn.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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