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School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 1345)

Location:
Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 092

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  1. Proverbs

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    1. A rooling stone gathers no moss
    2. One that rises late must gallop all day
    3. Early bird will catch the early worm
    4. No news is good news
    5. New brooms sweep clean
    6. A stitch in time saves nine
    7. Those that less say best
    8. What you practice you will preach.
    9. More haste less speed
    10. Night falls like a stone in a boghole.
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  2. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    Our cows are tied round the neck. Our cow-house is about twelve feet wide and sixteen feet in length. There is a manger in it for the hay and the chains hanging from the manger. Every farmer's wife has plenty of fowl. She has hens
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marget Donnelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corraclogh, Co. Roscommon