School: Matehy, Inniscarra
- Location:
- Saint Ann's Hill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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- 1. Rome was not built in a day.
2. Two heads are better than one.
3. Where there's a will there's a way.
4. Many hands make light work.
5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
6. Never buy what you don't want because it is cheap.
7. Lock the stable door when the horse is gone.
8. Youth is the time to learn.
9. Promise little and do much.
10. Briseann an dúthchais cré shúilaibh an chait.
11. Nothing succeeds like success.
12. Many men have many minds.
13. He lives twice who lives well.
14. Forgive others but not yourself.
15. Do your duty come what may.
16. Whatever you do, do it well.
17. A covetous man is always in want.
18. Cad a dheineann mac an chait ach luc do mhar bhiughadh.
19. A stitch in time saves nine.
20. Teach others by your example.
21. Good work deserves good wages.
- Collector
- Billy Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballycraheen, Co. Cork
