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School: Gowran (C.)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
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Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 130

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    Beware of pride when off the path.
    Think of all you speak but speak not all you think.
    No woman has lost until she loses faith in herself.
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  2. Proverbs

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    A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    Think before you speak.
    One man at a plough is worth sixty at a horse.
    Practice what you preach.
    Live horse and you'll get hay.
    Six of one and half dozen of another.
    The best hurler is always on the ditch.
    Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
    Lie with the lamb & rise with
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Cass
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    James Kinsella
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Woodquarter, Co. Kilkenny