School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)

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1. Local Proverbs

   

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   1. There is no place like home 2. Sufficient for the day is evil thereof 3. A shilling a day for serving hay 4. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched 5. Two of the same trade never agree 6. A shut mouth catches no flies. 7. A good word is better than a pound in the purse 8. Never put off for to-morrow what you can do to day. 9. Exchange is no robbery. 10. Rome was not built in a day. 11. Occupation prevents temptation. 12. It is no good to be awkward unless you show it. 13. The is no fire where they is not smoke. 14. The longer you live the more you learn. 15. Used keys are never rusty. 16. Saying and doing are two different things.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Mc Carthy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dromasta, Co. Cork

2. Local Proverbs

   

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   I Lost time is never found again.
   II The early fly catches the worm.
   III Never look a gift-horse in the mouth.
   IV Idleness is a short road to misery.
   V Cheerfulness is sunshine in a home
   VI Do your duty leave the rest to God.
   VII Truth is your fairest guiding star.

   

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