School: Lusmagh
- Location:
- Gortarevan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 235
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- 1. Time and patience would bring a snail to Cork.
2. Make hay while the sun shines.
3. Never put all your eggs in the one basket.
4. Cows in Conaght wear long horns.
5. Long churning makes bad butter.
6. Hills are green far away.
7. While there's life there's hope.
8. Birds of feathers flock to-gether.
9. Every bird feather's his own nest.
10. It's a long road that hasn't a turn.
11. Never send a child on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Shiels
- Gender
- Female
