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School: Gowran (C.)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
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Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 136

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    day to thatch.
    There is a day for the rain.
    High notions as high as the crows.
    I will see you when the clouds let me through.
    Many a person has brains & are too stupid to learn.
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    Save the pennies and the pounds will save themselves.
    A wet & windy May fills the barn with corn & hay.
    Hills far away are green.
    As long as the pitcher goes to the well it is broken at last.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Earlsbog Commons, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Earlsbog Commons, Co. Kilkenny