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

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    31) Live horse and you'll get grass
    32) An ass never goes bald
    33) Its a long road that has'nt a turn
    34) Where you see shells you can guess eggs
    35) Let very well alone
    36)Smooth water runs deep
    37) A stitch in time saves nine
    38) Hand the fiddle over to Joe
    39) Never count your chickens before they are hatched
    40) There are good gods in small parcels and poison in packets
    41) Two heads are better than one
    42) A half an hour is better than a half an hour to late
    43) there's many a slip between the cup and the lip
    44) A blind man is a bad judge of colours
    45) a good beginning is half the work
    46) A windy day is not the day for thatching
    47) if the cap suits you wear it
    48) An empty sack doesn't stand
    49) Work is better than talk
    50) Practice makes perfect
    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
    Collector
    Agnes Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Sligo