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School: Brownknowe (roll number 7464)

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Brownknowe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Ghiolla Chearr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 274

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    Proverbs. 5.1.39
    These are a number of proverbs
    that are still very common in
    our district.
    1. A stitch in time saves mine.
    2. Look before you leap.
    3. All that glitters is not gold.
    4. Fan off fields look green.
    5. Aim for the moon should you
    hit a star.
    6. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    7. The nearer the church the farther from grace.
    8. There's no place like home.
    9. Every dog can bark on his own
    door step.
    10. A day older and a day worse.
    11. The more haste the less speed.
    12. Necessity is the mother of invention.
    13. Where there's a reek there's a
    heat.
    14. You never miss the water till
    the well runs dry.
    15. There's no use closing the stable.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Ferguson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carn High, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr David Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Carn High, Co. Donegal