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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

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Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
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S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 391

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    (9) It is a dear loan that is borrowed and brought home.
    (10) He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.
    (11) A boy's best friend is his mother.
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  2. Proverbs

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    (1) Beware of tongue-carriers.
    (2) Praise the youth and it will come
    (3) The day of the wind is not the day to put in the scollops.
    (4) Courage is half the battle.
    (5) A good beginning is half the work.
    (6) Life is as a person pleases.
    (7) The one good that is, is better than the two goods that were.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreenine, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Derreenine, Co. Roscommon