School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)
- Location:
- Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)103. She pays him in his own coin.
104. He who slings mud is loosing ground.
105. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
106. Liars ought to have good memories.
107. Set a beggar (devil) upon horseback and he'll outride the devil.
108. Facts are stubborn things.
109. On their merits modest men are dumb.
110. The end must justify the means.
111. Hail fellow, well met
112. A penny for your thoughts.
113. A man's house is his castle.
114. Coming events cast their shadows before.
115. Rome was not built in a day.
- Informant
- Mrs Cunningham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
