School: Rahan (roll number 9096)

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1. Proverbs

   

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   "Marry a mountainy woman and you will marry the mountain."
   "God is nearer than the door."
   "Love many - trust few always paddle your own canoe."
   "Others in distress make troubles all the less."
   "A man fights while his wife weeps."
   "The fox never sent out a better messengar than himself."
   "A burned candle dies."
   "One years seeding is worth nine yers weeding."

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   "Hard upon hard makes a bad stone "Better alone than in bad company." "Its no good admiring bread in another man's window." "The leaprecan is still in the district." this is said if there is a person in the district who pretends to have no money but when he needs it has plenty. "The young might but the old must." "A cobbler is always dearer than a shoe." "The door to success is always marked."

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Hetty Frankling

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mallow, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Frankling

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mallow, Co. Cork