School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 308
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- 1 A person's mouth often broke his nose.
2 A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures in the doctor's book.
3 Everyone has his own story.
4 The juice of a cow is good dead, or alive.
5 An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.
6 The beginning of health is sleep.
7 It is difficult to put a wise head on young shoulders.
8 Better late than never.
9 Nature is stronger than training.
10 He comes without asking, like the bad weather.
11 A good word never broke a person's mouth.
12 Time is a good storyteller.
13 Better a good running than a bad standing.
14 It is easier to fall than to rise.
15 The person who talks most, works least.
16 A friend's eye is a good mirror.
17 Where the women are there is talk.
18 Don't listen to all you hear.
19 If you had only a kitten, be in the middle of the fair with it.
20 A rolling stone is without moss.
21 He is a poor priest who has not a clerk.
22 Don't desert your friend for your share.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Cronin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon
