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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 177

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    81. A wrinkled purse, a wrinkled face.
    82. As the fool thinketh, the bell clinketh.
    83. A knave is one knave but a fool is many.
    84. A lie has no legs.
    85. A good man when gone is valued most.
    86. A man will never change his mind, if he has no mind to change.
    87. A straight tree may have crooked roots.
    88. Better to wear out than rust out.
    89. A glutton lives to eat, a wise man eats to live.
    90. The last straw breaks a horses back.
    91. A fool may easily find more faults than a wise man can mind.
    92. A liar is daring toward God and a coward towards man.
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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