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School: Moys (roll number 10837)

Location:
Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Dawson
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    Age is honourable put the creel on your father
    Live horse and you will get grass.
    Better late than never.
    Used keys are always shiny.
    Dip in the dip and give a hand to your ma.
    As you live yourself you judge your neighbours.
    Far away thunder brings near-hand rain.
    You are as ignorant as Caise Brogs.
    You are as lazy as butter is greasy.
    When you have no-one to fight with fight with your own nails.
    Empty vessels make most noise.
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    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
    Sorcha Ní Mhurchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisglassan, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisglassan, Co. Monaghan