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School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)

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Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 320

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    7. "A country without a language is a country without a name".
    8. "Its hard to put old head on young shoulders".
    9. "He that grabs at too much looses all".
    10. "You can't have your loaf and eat it".
    11. "Its an ill wind that blows no good".
    12. "Never shout until you are out of wood".
    13. "Laugh and the world laughs with you".
    14. "Be it ever so humble there is no place like home".
    15. "All is not gold that glitters".
    16. "Do well and have well".
    17. "Waste not golden hours".
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  2. Proverbs

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    1. "Fools make feasts wise men eat them".
    2. "A hungry dog never got a bone".
    3. "Dream of money on a May morn and you are sure to get it".
    4. "At great penny worths pause a while".
    5. "Waste not golden hours".
    6. "New brooms sweep clean but old one brings the corners".
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Attracta Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss Mai Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon