School: Ballysadare (C.) (roll number 9922)

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Ballysadare, Co. Sligo
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    15) A friend in need is a friend indeed
    16) A mornings sun never lasts the whole day
    17) There's as good a fish in the sea as ever was caught
    18) Never too late to mend
    19) Look before you leap
    20) Hills look green far away
    21) you can't put an old head on young shoulders
    22) Spare the rod and Spoil the child
    23) Fools make feasts and wise men eat them
    24) Think twice before you speak once
    25) All that glitters is'nt gold
    26) Children or fools should not handle edged tools
    27) Better alone than in bad company
    28) A man without learning and wearing good clothes is like a gold ring in a farrow pigs nose
    29) Love many trust few, always paddle your own canoe.
    30) speech is silver silence is golden
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Sligo