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School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)

Location:
Ballindine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 820

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  1. Old Proverbs (continued)

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    It's better clean one yard well than twenty yards badly.
    Eggs with a a dog is as safe as a house on fire.
    Horses far away are foals.
    You would not expect from a pig but a grunt.
    There are none so blind as the one who has eyes and cannot see.
    Give a thing take a thing never go to God again.
    Taste before you run
    The power of God is nearer to us than the door.
    If you have only a go at be in the middle of the fair with him.
    It is hard to kill the bad thing.
    You can be heard where you won't be seen.
    It is good to have patients but it is bad to be lazy.
    Watched kettle takes a long time to boil.
    It is better to be wise than strong.
    What was longing for never came.
    He who fights and runs away.
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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
    Louis Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Branraduff, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Branraduff, Co. Mayo