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School: An Cluainín Uí Ruairc (C.) (roll number 10945)

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Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
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Charlotte G. Dillon
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    The grip of a drowned man.
    Strif is better than loneliness.
    A blind man is a bad judge of colours
    A person who is rich his health is drunk.
    It is difficult to cut wood off a goat
    To take blood out of a stone.
    Do not talk. There is a hole in the house
    Your pockets is your friend.
    Time is a good story teller
    Lie down with the dogs and you get up with fleas.
    A new brush sweeps clean.
    Dont make a custom. Dont break a custom.
    Dont praise or dispraise yourself
    Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
    What the ear will not hear will not trouble the heart.
    Tell me your company and I will tell you what you are
    A windy day is not a day for thatching. "Lying down without-
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mona O' Donnell
    Gender
    Female