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School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)

Location:
Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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    Local Proverbs
    It's better to fight the dog you know, than the dog you dont know
    He's a proud horse won't carry his own oats
    It's time enough to bid the devil "Good morrow" when you meet him
    Every old stocking gets an old shoe
    The early bird catches the early worm
    There are horses for saddles and horses for straddles
    She's a bad hen won't scrape for herself.
    It's a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles
    A shut mouth catches no flies
    Wilful waste is a woeful want.
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    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
    Teresa Tiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss B. Kivlehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmably, Co. Sligo