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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte

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Lismore, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Sr M. Gráinne
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    old sayings and proverbs.
    1. A pig's ear can never make mutton.
    2. A cart horse can never win the Derby.
    3. Look before you leap, taste before you sip.
    4. Keep the farm and the farm will keep you.
    5. Live horse, and you will get grass.
    6. Fools make feast while the wise pray.
    7. there is no cure against death.
    8. Every cat after its kind.
    9. It is difficult to cut wool off a goat.
    10. A borrowed horse has hard hooves.
    11. Where a woman is, there is talk.
    12, Listen to the person you think has knowledge.
    13. All will come, and all will depart.
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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
    Mary Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lismore, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr M. Mc Carthy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismore, Co. Waterford