School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 073
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- "Raibh an sgríbha poota leig sé féin é."
The used key is always the brightest.
It is too late to lock the stable when the horse is stolen.
Rome was not built in a day.
"As fearr an timreas ná an tuagnas."
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Better to wear out than to rust out.
A burned child dreads the fire.
There is a divinity that shapes out ends rough hew them how we may.
As long as the jug is going to the well it is broken sometimes.
- Ask and you shall recieve.
When the wine is in the wit is out.
Discretion is the better part of valour.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick O' Keefe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr James O Keefe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs James O Keefe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
