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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    Charity begins at home.
    Half a loaf is better than no bread.
    No place like home.
    A new broom sweeps clean but an old one scrapes better.
    Cows far away wear long horns.
    One good turn deserves another.
    An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    Never venture, never win.
    Slow and sure goes far in a day.
    Shutting the stable door when the horse is stolen.
    The lazy man's load.
    Every one thinks his own goose a swan.
    Silence is golden.
    Its a bad dog that's not worth whistling for.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teddy Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim