School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 497
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- (continued from previous page)Your pocket is your friend.
Scattering is easier than gathering.
Saving is better than spending.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
It is no good locking the stable door when the steed is gone.
It is a long road that has not a turn.
And honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
Write as you talk but think before you talk.
Think before you speak,
There is not an old stocking but gets an old shoe.
It is better sit still than rise and fall again.
Character is what a man is reputation may be what he is not.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Susan Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisgrea, Co. Cavan
