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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 211

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    The proverbs which I heard over and over again are:-
    "A stitch in time saves nine".
    "Make hay while the sun shines".
    "A rolling stone gathers no moss"'.
    "Little grains of sand make the sea-shore".
    "Familiarity breeds contempt".
    The proverbs which I got from my father and mother are:-
    "The last straw breaks the horse's back".
    "Nature breaks out through the eyes of a cat".
    "Never trouble troubles until troubles trouble you".
    "The nearer to church the further from God".
    "Every dog is stiff at his own door".
    "All is not gold that glitters".
    "Don't look a gift horse
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Fhíneachtaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Finerty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon