School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)

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   25. Where the tree is knocked, its there you will find the splint.
   26. Empty vessels make most sound.
   27. Where there is a well there is water.
   28. One thing well done is better than things half - done.

   

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   Proverbs 1. A burned child dreads the fire. 2. Ill gotten going never prosper. 3. What is bred in the marrow breaks out in the bone. 4. You cannot knock blood from a turnip. 5. You cannot knock tears from a stone. 6. The cloths do not make the man. 7. The more hurry the less spead. 9. Happy is the soul whose corpse, the rain rains on. 10. Friday fine, Sunday fine, Friday wet Sunday wet. 11. Patience is a virtue. 12. The best of goods are made up in small parcels. 13. It's on evil mind that blows no good. 14. Time and tide wait for no man. 15. If a first you dont succed try, try and try again. 16. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 17. The late to shut the stable door when the horse is stolen. 18. A penny wise and a pound foolish. 19. It is never too late to mend. 20. It is never too late till two, then it is too early.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Stephen Foley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Askeaton, Co. Limerick