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

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Donncha Mac Eoin
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    21. Patience and perseverance will take a snail to Jerusalem.
    22. Breeding breaks out in a cat.
    23. As the tree is beat so shall it grow.
    24. A wise man eats t live and a fool lives to eat.
    25. No news, is good news.
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  2. Proverbs
    1. If march comes in like a lamb it goes out like a lion.
    2. The north wind shall blows and we then shall have snow.
    3. Fine feathers make fine birds.
    4. God never closed one gap but He opens another.
    5. A river never goes without winding.
    6. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
    7. The relief of God is nearer than the dead.
    8. There is no use in crying over spilt milk.
    1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
    2. A bad trades man quarrels with his tools.
    3. He who laughs last, laughs best.
    4. The last shall be first and the first shall be last.
    5. Powders and paints makes the devil look like Saints.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Cullinan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    15
    Address
    Askeaton, Co. Limerick