School: Newbliss (roll number 8328)

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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   "One swallow never makes a summer"
   "A new broom sweeps clean"
   "We know the worth of water when the well is dry."
   "A hungry eye sees far."
   "Honesty is a good policy."
   "It is time enough to cross the bridge when you come to it."
   "A good beginning is half the work"
   "Where there's a will there's a way."
   "The day of the wind is not the day for thatching"
   "Curiosity killed the cat"
   "Silence is golden"
   A rolling stone gathers no moss.
   "It's and ill wind that blows nobody good"
   "Two heads are better than one."
   "Don't cry over spilt milk."
   "All that glitters is not gold"
   "Birds of a feather flock together"
   "Your son is you son to-day, but your daughter is you daughter for ever."
   "There's many a slop between the cup and the lip"
   "There's a stepmother's breath outside"
   "Never venture, never win"

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr J. Hall

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newbliss, Co. Monaghan