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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (roll number 13500)

Location:
Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Longáin
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    "Tis hard to put a old head on young shoulders"
    "Lasting power is better than strength"
    "Green are the hills far away"
    "A rolling stone gathers no moss"
    "Fools make feasts and wise men eat them"
    "Tis a long road tha has no turn"
    "As long as the fox goes he is caught at last"
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    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
    Thomas Gavin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Weatherfort, Co. Mayo