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School: St Mary's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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    old proverb.
    People often do this, they praise such and such a man before they see what he turns out.
    Smooth water run deep.
    We take from this that the calm quiet person takes things more to heart than the fussy noisy person.
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    If a coat seam rips and is not sown in time it is harder to sow afterwards.
    A wrinkled purse a wrinkled face.
    A poor person gets wrinkled and old looking when his or her purse is light.
    Cursing the weather is mighty bad farming.
    This is another very true saying. Some people are always grumbling about everything. The spend the time in complaining while they
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Grannie
    Other names
    Grannie (local name)
    Mr Grant
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupations
    Cattle dealer
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Co. Donegal