School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 301
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- (1) Butter is golden in the morning, silver at noon & lead at night."(2) Early to bed, early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise.(3) Better late than never.(4) Once there was a priest who had a housekeeper, who, when asked about any work she should have done, always answered, "I am going to do it now." This gave rise to the local saying "Going to do it now, like the priest's housekeeper."
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- Patrick Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- (1) One good turn deserves another.
(2) Keep your bank & your bank will keep you.
(3) A stitch in time saves nine.
(4) Smooth water flows deep & the mud lies at the bottom.(continues on next page)
