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1. Proverbs

   

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   "The horse with the most blemishes throws
   his legs the highest."
   "A stitch in time saves nine."
   "There is none so blind as he that will
   not see."
   "Better late than never."
   "The darkest hour is that before the dawn."
   "Fools make houses, and wise men live in
   them."
   "Fore-warned, is fore armed."
   "Never put off until to morrow what you can
   do to day."
   "A good run is better than a bad stand."
   "Tell it to Mary in secret, and the whole
   parish will know it."
   "The early bird catches the worm."
   "It's all better than a bad marriage."
   "What the old cat teaches, the young
   cat learns."
   "If a cat had money you'd marry him."
   "There is many a slip between the cup and
   the lip."
   "He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing."
   "There is not any old stocking that
   does not find an old shoe."

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Mary Reidy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs M. Reidy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   48

   Address

   Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork