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    1. A stitch in time saves nine.
    2. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
    3. Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
    4. A hen is heavy when carried far.
    5. Hunger is sweet sauce.
    6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    7. Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
    8. It's a long lane that [has] no turning.
    9. A burned child dreds the fire.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Stás Ní Mhórdha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathpatrick, Co. Kilkenny