School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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- (1) Sunshine follows rain.
(2) Wherever there's smoke there's a fire; wherever there is a fire there is a house; wherever there's a house there's a woman and wherever there's a woman there's talk.
(3) It is often said that a person's mouth breaks his nose.
(4) A bird in the hand is better than two in a bush.
(5) It takes an old dog for a hard road.
(6) Two heads are better than one.
(7) It is hard to make a race-horse out of a donkey.
(8) A man who takes his coat with him on a dry day doesn't take it with him on a wet day.
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