School: Kentstown (roll number 1599)
- Location:
- Baile an Cheantaigh, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Lúasaigh
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- (continued from previous page)19. The deed will praise itself.
20. A good beginning is half the work.
21. A windy day is not the day for
thatching.
- 1. God never shut one door but opened
another.
2. The brighter the moon shines the
more the dog howls.
3. Strike the iron while it is hot.
4. The old dog for the hard road.
5. When all fruit fails welcome haws.
6. It is never too late to learn.
7. You cannot teach an old dog tricks.
8. Out of sight, out of mind.
9. Love and a cough cannot be hid.
10. A new browm sweeps clean
11. Truth seeks no corners.
12. It is a long road that has no turning - Collector
- Cecil Macken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Dainigh, Co. na Mí
