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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 212

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    too closely in the mouth".
    "Whoever laughs last laughs best".
    "Honesty is the best policy".
    "An idle mind tempts the devil".
    "It's too late to spare when all is spent".
    "It is never too late to mend".
    "Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you'll cry alone".
    "Smooth waters run deep".
    "There is many a way to kill a cat besides choking him with butter".
    "The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
    Eibhlín Ní Fhíneachtaigh
    Rang a sé
    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
    Eibhlín Ní Fhíneachtaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Finerty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon