School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Na Siúracha
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  1. More in your head than a comb would take out.
    Always have ready a mouth for a ripe cherry.
    More hurry - less speed.
    Slow but sure.
    What you are used to will never sicken you.
    What you never had you'll never want.
    A person's mouth often broke his nose.
    There are as good fish in the water as were caught.
    It is easier to fall than to rise.
    Hunger will break through a stone-wall.
    Murder will out.
    She's as welcome as the flowers of May.
    Talk of Angels and you'll hear their wings.
    Speak of the devil and he's sure to appear.
    He could hear the grass growing.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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    English
    Collector
    Una Bath
    Gender
    Female
  2. As happy as the day is long
    As odd as a fish out of water.
    As nice as you'd see in a days walk.
    Do not but a pig in a bag.
    It's hard to cut wool off a goat.
    It's better to be sure than sorry.
    He would drink Lock Eirre dry.
    He'd take a cross off an ass's back.
    He drinks like a fish.
    He'd drink off a sore leg.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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