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School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

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Graigue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 080

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    of a turnip.
    Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
    The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
    Never say die 'till you're dead.
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    If death was a thing that money could by the rich would die but God did not permit it so the rich and the poor together must go.
    As long as the pitcher is going to the well it is sure to get broken.
    A cock that crows when he goes to bed is sure to get up with a watery head.
    Money is the devil and the good God is keeping it away from us.
    East wind is not good for man or beast.
    Always taking meal out of the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork