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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

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Cashel, Co. Tipperary
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An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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    25. It is easier to fall than to rise.
    26. God is nearer than the door.
    27. It is better to bend than to break.
    28. A rolling stone is without moss.
    29. Better a good run than a bad standing.
    30. He comes without asking like the bad weather.
    31. The thing that would please me wouldn't please you.
    32. One without dinner means two for supper.
    33. The trees get two-thirds of the wind.
    34. May you have the strength of your journey.
    35. A person often cut a rod that beat him-self.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr J.J. Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Tipperary