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School: Altóir, Tuar Mór, An Sciobairín (roll number 12071)

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Altar, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Henry Evanson
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    (1)
    "The longest way round is the shortest way home."
    (2)
    "Empty vessels make the most noise."
    (3)
    "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
    (4)
    "Suspicion haunts the guilty mind."
    (5)
    "The more haste the less speed."
    (6)
    "Two heads are better than one."
    (7)
    "Look before you leap."
    (8)
    "There is many a slip between the cup and the lip."
    (9)
    "A slip of the tongue is no fault in the mind,
    But when it slips to often it ought to be tied."
    (10)
    "A stitch in time saves nine."
    (11)
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    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
    Sadie Roycroft
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnacarriga, Co. Cork