School: Rockwood, Béal Átha an Dá Chab

Location:
Derreennaclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chorcora
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  1. "Any port is good in a storm."
    "Its like the kettle calling the pot black."
    "You cannot get blood out of a turnip."
    "A good run is better than a bad stand."
    "There is no smoke without fire."
    "Two heads are better than one even if they were two cabbage heads."
    "A burned child dreads the fire."
    "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."
    "Every eye forms a beauty and every heart a fancy."
    "A straw shows how the wind blows."
    "A shut mouth catches no flies."
    "Time and tide wait for no man."
    "Its an ill will that blows no body good."
    "After a storm there comes a calm."
    "Dirty water washes clean."
    "Wilful waste makes woeful want."
    "The longest way around is the nearest way home."
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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