School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 440
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- 1/ A stitch in time saves nine.
2/ Having learning and manners before you grow old for learning and manners are better than silver and god, silver and gold will scatter away but learning and manners will never decay.
3/ Early to bed and early to rise is the way to be healthy and wealthy and wise.
4/ The early bird catches the worm.
5/ Better late than never.
6/ He that hides finds.
7/ Mind the pennies and the pounds will mind themselves.
8/ A shilling out of a pound is a pound no more.
9/ Pennies are made round to roll.
10/ One man's meat is another man's poison.
11/ It is no good for you to be looking at fruit in another man's window.
12/ Silence gives consent.
13/ Live horse and you'll get grass.
14/ Your son is your son until he marries but your daughter is your daughter for ever.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Creedon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromatimore, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs D. Creedon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromatimore, Co. Cork
