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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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    1/ As you brew, you must bake.
    2/ A slow fire makes sweet malt.
    3/ An idle man tempts the devil.
    4/ A wrinkled purse; a wrinkled face
    5/ A lie has no legs, but it can travel.
    6/ A stitch in time saves nine
    7/ A man will never change his mind, if he has no mind to change.
    8/ A place for everything, and everything in its place.
    9/ A penny saved is a penny gained
    10/ A fool may easily find more faults in anything, than a wise man can mend
    11/ A liar is daring towards God, and a coward towards man.
    12/A straight tree may have crooked rooth
    13/ A woman's tongue wears like a hank of yarn.
    14/ An idle dog frets sheep.
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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
    Norah Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo