School: Clooney, Cuinche
- Location:
- Clooney, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593, Page 426
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A man who minds his own business never gets into a row.
Those in glasshouses should never throw stones
It is easier to see the faults of others than your own.
The man who works hard in his neighbours garden, is sure to be lazy in his own.
A street angel and a housedevil.
He who talks most does the least.
The young cock learns as the old cock crows.
There is never a wood without a rotten branch.
Every cock is "stiff" on his own dunghill.
You can never praise a wife until you have eaten a grain of salt with her.
Be sure when you marry ,not to marry the whole household.
If you wish to be the master in your own home,be master of your wife from the day that you married her,for if you give her an inch at first, she will then take a mile.(continues on next page)
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- Gender
- Female
