School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- Contributed by John O'Hare, Dundalk St.
1. You can lead a horse to a well, but you can't make him drink.
2. Many hands make light work.
3. He that goes a-borrowing will go-a-sorrowing.
4. Fair honesty is no robbery.
5. It's an ill wind that blows no good.
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- John O' Hare
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dundalk Street, Co. Louth
- Contributed by Patk. Geraghty, Newry St.
1. Never leave that till to-morrow what you can do today.
2. Make hay while the sun shines.
3. Gentle words fall lightly but they have great weight.
4. Memory is the treasury and guardian.
5. We get out of life what we put into it.
6. Every failure teaches a man something if he will but listen.
7. But hear to-day whate'er the day may bring. It is one way to make to-morrow sing.
8. True glory lies in noble deeds.
9. Birds of a feather mix together.
10. It's the effort of each blade of grass that makes the meadow green.
11. A friend in need is a freidn indeed.
12. A green Christmas makes a full churchyard.
13. Two heads together are better than one.
14. Too many cooks spoil the stew.
