School: Araglin (C.), Cill Úird (roll number 9248)
- Location:
- Araglin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Cheallacháin
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- (continued from previous page)"A long threatening comes at last."
"When the weather is fair of your cloak take care."
"It is better to be sure than to be sorry."
"The day of the storm is not the day for the spars."
"The wheel that is weak is apt to creak."
"Wide will wear but tight will tear."
"Praise a fair day at night."
"A good woman is better than a fortune."
"Out of reading comes the learning."
"A good run is better than a cold stand."
"Depend upon yourself to do your own work."
"Don't ever spare your breakfast for your dinner."
"Never leave till to-morrow what you can do to day."
"Every failure teaches a man something
if he will but learn."
"We get out of life what we put into it."
"As the old cock crows the young cock learns."
"The work praises the man."
"An old head cannot be put on young shoulders."
"Every beginning is weak but a good beginning is half the work done."
"Too much bed makes a dull head."
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