School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)

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1. Proverbs

   

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   They who rise late must trot all day. When the fox preaches beware of your geese.
   Diet cures more than a doctor.
   A wife’s art is displayed in a table well laid.
   A husband’s Wrath spoils the best broth.
   A dirty grate makes dinners late.
   None are so bad as they are said to be and none are so good as they ought to be.
   The three best physicians are Doctor Diet. Doctor. Quiet. Dr Merry man. [sic]
   Long in bed does little work.
   Put a stout heart to a steep hill.
   Little expenses make a great waste.
   A good dinner is better than a fine coat.
   Meat badly boiled is a good thing spoiled.
   Muddle at home makes a husband roam [sic]
   An hour in the morning is worth two at night.
   Putting off does no work.
   A scraper at the door keeps dirt from the floor.
   Despise school and remain a fool.
   They who shun the smoke often fall into the fire.
   Every man knows when his own shoe pinches.
   A bird’s nest is a natural egg-cup.

   

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Johnnie Elliott

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumawark, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Miss Crawford

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cullion, Co. Donegal