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School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

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Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Bheirn
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    Proverbs.
    1. A new broom sweeps clean.
    2. Nature breaks out through the eyes of a cat.
    3. Birds of one feather flock together.
    4. Better late than ever.
    5. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
    6. Man proposes but God disposes.
    7. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    8. Look before you leap.
    9. Hills are green far away.
    10. Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Kitty Fuery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Kitty Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mary Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon