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School: Port Omna (B) (roll number 2174)

Location:
Portumna, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0057, Page 0116

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    What the Pookah writes he reads himself.
    A fellow feeling makes one humanly kind.
    He who slings mud is losing ground.
    There are none so blind as they that won't see.
    The sight of you is good for sore eyes.
    Be wise today, tomorrow never comes.
    Not dead but gone before.
    Conscience makes cowards of us all.
    Virtue shows in rags and patches as in purple and fine linen.
    Hunger and thirst are bad companions.
    Lie in the tar you are sure to be defiled.
    The longest way round is the shortest way home.
    Its as good to be out of the world as out of the fashion.
    Hail fellow well met.
    A penny for your thoughts.
    Put a beggar on horseback he'll ride to the devil.
    To confess that you have changed your mind is to confess yourself wiser today than yesterday.
    The horse has not quite escaped that drags his halter.
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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
    Informant
    Martin Hynes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Renihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76