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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

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Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 389

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    (8)
    Kind hearts are more than cornets.
    (9)
    Think twice before you speak once.
    (10)
    Never forsake an old friend for a new one.
    (11)
    Every heart has its own sorrows.
    (12)
    A trusted friend is hard found.
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  2. Proverbs

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    (1) For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For the want of the horse, the rider was lost, being overtaken, and slain by his enemy, all for the want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
    (2) Bad commencement is a good end.
    (3) You can know a man by the company he keeps.
    (4) It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lyonstown, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Joe Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lyonstown, Co. Roscommon