School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   It's an ill wind that does not blow any good.
   A green Christmas makes a fat graveyard.
   He who laughs last laughs loudest.
   There no loaf without a knife to cut it.
   Necessity is the mother of invention.
   Spare the rod and spoil the child.
   A straight tree may have crooked roots.
   Practice what you preach.
   Silks and satins often put out the kitchen fire.
   Praise the fine day at night.
   Little dogs start the hare and big ones catch him.
   The old dog for the long road and the pup for the boireen.
   Never send a pup on a dog's message.
   A bird in the hand is worth two on the bush.
   A penny wise and pound foolish.
   A lie has no legs.
   The last straw breaks the horse's back.
   Between two stools you come to the ground.
   If you do not bend the tree when its young you won't it when its old.
   Strick the iron when its hot.
   You cannot bleed a turnip.
   There's many a slip between the cup

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bernard Keenan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corrastoona Beg, Co. Roscommon