School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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  1. "What's in the cat, is in the puisín."
    "It's a good horse that never stumbles"
    "Careless and gay like a wad in a window"
    "A light-heeled mother makes a heavy-heeled daughter"
    "The bigger the thief the more genteel"
    "What comes by nature costs no money"
    "God forgive anyone that will go between people and their own"
    "Don't poke your nose into other people's business"
    "Even a fool can give good advice sometimes"
    "No man is so wise but he may err if he depends upon himself alone"
    "A green Christmas makes a fat church-yard"
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        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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