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School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)

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Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Héimhthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 210

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    over you should look for the scallop".
    "There are none so blind as they who will not see".
    "A crust of bread ___ and liberty"
    "To err is human, to forgive divine"
    "Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast"
    "Want of decency is want of sense".
    "Never trouble troubles until troubles trouble you."
    "Liars ought to have good memories".
    "After a storm comes a calm".
    "Every dog is stiff at his own door".
    "Little drops of water make the ocean".
    "He who laughs last laughs best".
    "Little grains of sand make the sea-shore".
    "It is never too late to amend"
    Máire Ní Éimhthigh
    Rang a seacht
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Éimhthigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Heavey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon