School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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Have fear and there is no fear of you,
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The truth is often bitter.
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The mountains are blue when far away,
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Sense does not come with age,
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By learning to obey we know how to command,
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Half an hour too soon is better than half a minute too late,
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He that cannot bear a jest should not make one.
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No word is more used, and less understood, than happness
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Praising a man is not always to his benefit,
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You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,
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God's ways are different from ours,
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He who buys the plough must thrive himself, must either hold or drive.
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Silks and satans often put out the kitchen fire.
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There is no rose without a thorn.
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Vessels large can venture more, but little boats should keep near the shore.
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Christmas comes but once a year but when it comes it brings good cheer
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A watched pot never boils.
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"A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one."
- Collector
- Máire T. Ní Alainn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs David Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
