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School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)

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Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Cionnaith
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    96
    *Foreign cows have long horns.
    *Two heads are better than one.
    *A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    *Honesty is the best policy.
    *Early to bed,early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.
    *It is a long lane that has no turn.
    *Curiosity killed the cat.
    *Where there is a will there is a way.
    *It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
    *Between two stools you come to the ground.
    *Good luck is better than early rising.
    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
    Joseph Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scotstown, Co. Monaghan