School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)
- Location:
- Ceathrú Mhic Giolla Shúiligh, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 328
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empty vessels make most sound,
He who hides finds,
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Better alone than in bad company.
Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise. All is not gold that glitters.
Speed without correctness is time wasted.
A dig in the garden is worth two in the ribs. God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the next
The best way to make a razor last a long time is to buy the wife a pencil-(?)
Time and tide waits for no man.
Man proposes but god disposes.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
slow but sure.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
An agreable companion on the road is better than a carriage.
Seeing is beliefing.
Two is company, three is a crowd
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- Collector
- Eileen Mc Atarsney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Droim Ard, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Mr Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- An Droim Ard, Co. Shligigh
