School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 089
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- (continued from previous page)its time to leave off".
"God is nearer than the door".
"He would hear the grass growing".
"Health is better than wealth".
"It is easier to fall than to rise".
"What the pooka writes he reads".
"A rolling stone gathers no moss ".
"He comes without asking like the bad weather".
"Dont be swift to speak nor slow to learn".
"A friend's eye is a good mirror".
"He that hides will find".
"It is a small wind that would'nt bend a blade of grass".
"Four hags who are not gap toothed
Four Frenchmen who are not yellow,
Four cobblers who are not untruthful
That is a dozen who are not in the country".
"If you knew the disease you would have the cure".
"Cows across the sea have long horns".
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away".(continues on next page)
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