School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   The cat has leave to look at the king.
   You cannot put an old dog off his trot.
   Spare the rod and spoil the child.
   Empty vessels make most sound.
   It's too late to spare when all is spent.
   A penny saved is a penny gained.
   Many hands make light work.
   Laugh laugh and the world laughs with you.
   A rolling stone gathers no moss.
   The early bird catches the early worm.
   The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
   Money is the root of all evil.
   Beauty never boils the pot.
   Riding on a goat is better than the best of work.
   A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind.
   Half a loaf is better than no bread.
   A burnt child dreads the fire.
   Silence is golden.
   Breeding breaks out thought the eyes of a cat.
   He who spends too much may want and so complain.
   The beauty of an old shoe is to polish it.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Emily Murray

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cuilleen, Co. Galway