School: Raheen (roll number 14117)
- Location:
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Thomas Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 176
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- "Command of hand is grand"
"Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day."
"A stitch in time saves nine"
"Speak correctly if you speak atall"
"If you want to make headway in life you must start on the lowest rung"
"Fortune favours efforts well begun."
"A good beginning is half the work"
"Honesty is the best policy"
"Never venture, never win"
"Honest labour beareth a lovely face"
"Judge nothing by appearances alone"
"Laugh, and the world laughs with you."
"Rise with the lark, with him to bed"
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
"Together we stand united we fall."
"Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird"
"Go to bed in the dark, and rise with the lark"
"A friend in need is a friend indeed"
"There is no feast till a roast and no torment till marriage"
"One penny gets another"
"An empty sack doesn't stand"
"If the cap suits wear it"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
- Collector
- Johnny Whitty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
- Collector
- Michael Kane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
- Collector
- Sybil Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Wexford
