School: Coillte Críotáin

Location:
Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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  1. Is like a gold ring,
    In a barrow pig's nose.
    83. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, or in other words a friend in need is a friend indeed.
    84. Hills are green when far away. When people are looking at another person doing something in which he fails they say " If I were there I would do it better".
    85. Honesty is the best of policy. He only is an honest man who does what is
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Toman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brislagh, Co. Roscommon