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School: Millín, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 16329)

Location:
Milleenduff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Diolún
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    "Good words are good, but good deeds are better."
    "Better to wear out shoes than sheets."
    "Children and fools should not see a work that is half done."
    "High winds blow on high hills."
    "If the little birds did not hatch young cuckoos, they would not have to worry about the old ones."
    "There is no more dust in the sunbeam that in the rest of the room."
    "Those who cannot have what they like, must learn to like what they have."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Curtin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milleenduff, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Curtin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Milleenduff, Co. Cork