School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callan, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 218
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- (continued from previous page)Half a loaf is better than no bread.How much of the worlds sorrow,
is caused by those who say,
I'll leave until to-morrow,
What might be done to-day.
Why should you try to borrow,
what you can never repay.
Dont put off till to-morrow,
what can be done to-day.
- Cures
Machine oil is supposed to cure a bad cut or gash in a short space of time
Onions soaked in vinegar are supposed to be a good cure for a cough
A man in Southlodge called(continues on next page) - Collector
- Richard Duncan
- Gender
- Male
