School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 14_018
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- (continued from previous page)9-2-'38
Debt is the worst kind of poverty
Empty vessels make most sound.
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
Good winds are good, but good deeds are better.
He that has but one eye sees the better for it.
It is too late to spare when all is spent.
It is good to begin well, but better to end well.
Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you.
Little dogs start the hare but great ones catch it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Agnes Barrett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killaderry, Co. Galway
