School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)
- Location:
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: John Bowdren
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0385, Page 084
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- If you want to know me come and live with me.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
The nearer to the bone the better the pick.
Eating and grumbling like a hen hatching.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
Short and sweet like a donkey's gallop.
Sense taught is better than Sense bought.
We know the worth of water when the well is dry.
Do unto others as you would wish them do unto you.
A good character is better than a great fortune.
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost and for want of a rider the battle was lost all for the want of a little horse shoe nail.
Early to bed and early to rise(continues on next page)
