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School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

Location:
Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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    "The longer you live the more you will know."
    "There is no old shoe that won't meet with and old stocking"
    "Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today"
    "Never spare your supper for your breacfast"
    "Do unto others as you would have others to do unto you"
    "Willful waste makes woeful want"
    "Cows far away wear long horns"
    "Absense makes the heart grow fonder"
    "Let every day do for itself and God will do for us all"
    "God loves a cheerful giver"
    "What you never had you never lost"
    "Tis time enough to bid the devil good morrow when you meet him"
    "Never say die till your dead"
    "Every cloud has a silver lining"
    "The darkest hour is before the dawn"
    "After a storm there comes a calm"
    "Bad wind blows fair for someone"
    "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Windgap, Co. Kilkenny