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School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)

Location:
Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 141

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    aside.
    Never cut off nose to spite your face.
    Keep a thing for seven years and its use shall come.
    The day of the wind is not the day for the scolar.
    Nothing is made to last for ever.
    A still tongue keeps a wise head.
    A dirty grate makes dinner late.
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