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School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)

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Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
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Síle Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 352

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  1. Holy Wells (continued)

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    beside the road and is surrounded by a wall. There are no relics in it neither is any offering of food or money made at the well.
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  2. Proverbs

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    1. "Honesty is the best of policy."
    2. "Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day."
    3. "A stitch in time saves nine."
    4. "You never miss the water till the well runs dry."
    5. "Early to bed, and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
    6. "Wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay.
    7. "Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Bergin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cooleeshal Beg, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    William Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cooleeshal Beg, Co. Kilkenny