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School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

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Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
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Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 174

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    45. The day of the wind is not the day of the scollops.
    46. The longest way round is the shortest way home.
    47. It's a cure for sore eyes to see you.
    48. A wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay.
    49. A green Christmas makes a far churchyard.
    50. No hearth stone is as clean as your own.
    51. Long fair long fowl.
    52. Its the old people's warning not to be out between night and morning.
    53. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    54. There is many a slip before the cup's to your lip.
    55. Blood is thicker than water.
    56. Don't count your chickens until they are hatched.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Kitty Fuery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Kitty Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mary Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon