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School: Eileastrom (2)

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Ellistrin Big, Co. Donegal
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Máire Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 245

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    the widdy when it is green.
    12 If men was as good as they think they are,
    And women as sweet as they seem,
    We would seldom sigh for a foreign shore
    Or of paradise mainly dream.
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  2. Proverbs

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    A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck
    What is bred in the bone you cannot take it of the flesh.
    A waited on pot is long in boiling.
    There is luck in leisure.
    Higher up the mountain, greener grows the grass.
    A long som cook wears a lot of shoes.
    A short horse is easy curried.
    A hungry eye sees far.
    Your eye is bigger than your stomach.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Moses Stewart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal