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School: Churchtown (Baile an Teampoill) (roll number 1132)

Location:
Churchtown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0395, Page 095

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  1. Proverbs Used Locally

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    A stitch in time saves nine.
    Don’t ever count your chickens until they are hatched.
    Don’t grasp at too much or you will lose all.
    Nature breaks out through the eyes of the cat.
    Doctors differ and patients die.
    When the cat is out the mouse is dancing.
    Live horse until you will get grass.
    As long as the jug is going to the well it will be broken at last.
    Don’t ever take the book by the cover.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male

  2. Proverbs

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    All is not gold that glitters.
    He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
    Empty vessels make most sound.
    Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    The watched pot never boils.
    The ripest apple is the soonest rotten and the hottest love is the soonest cold.
    A bird in the hand is worth two
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