School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

Location:
Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Bheirn
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    68. Learning and manners make charming companions.
    69. Marry for love and work for riches.
    70. There are no friends like the old friends.
    71. Friends meet but hills don't.
    72. It;s a long road that has'nt a turn.
    73.The wheel that's weak is apt to creak.
    74. Fortune favours fools.
    75. A penny saved is a penny gained.
    76. A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
    77. A use for everything, and everything to its proper use.
    78. A slow fire makes sweet malt.
    79. As you brew you must bake.
    80. An idle man tempts the devil.
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    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