School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   Spend no strength in worry, you need it all for duty
   We beg on foolscap, and thank on a postcard
   To forgive is good-will but to forget is good will-power
   As you brew you must bake
   A slow fire makes sweet malt
   A straw best shows how the wind blows
   An idle man tempts the devil
   A wrinkled purse, a wrinkled face
   A lie has no legs
   A good thing when lost is valued most
   A penny saved is a penny gained
   A knave is a knave, but a fool is many
   Tell me with whom you go, and I will tell you what you are
   Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well
   Much would have more and lost all
   He who rises late never does a good day's work
   Idleness is the parent of want and shame
   A fat kitchen makes a lean will

   

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Olive Mc Carthy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath