School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 518
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- 1. Hills are green far away.
2. Cows in Connaught wear long horns.
3. It is no use closing the stable door when the horse is stolen.
4. The lease my help the greatest.
5. Necessity is the mother of invention.
6. As long as the pitcher goes to the well it will be broken at last.
7. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
8. Industry has its reward.
9. Idleness is the mother of want.
10. Charity begins at home, but it should not end there.
11. Look before you leap.
12. A time and a place for everything.
13. Waste not, want not.
14. You will never miss the water till the well runs dry.
15. If a jest you cannot take, then a jest you should not make.
16. He that grasps at too much nearly always looses all.
17. Live horse and you will get grass.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Monica Doran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncat, Co. Meath
