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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

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Cashel, Co. Tipperary
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An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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    1. Soft words often serve in a hard argument.
    2. The wise man changes his mind, but the fool never.
    3. A cat may look at a king.
    4. Practice makes perfect.
    5. Still waters run deep.
    6. The cock crows but the hen delivers the goods.
    7. Water is a good drink if taken in the right spirit.
    8. Once bitten, twice shy.
    9. Out of sight, out of mind.
    10. Discretion is the better part of valour.
    11. A used key is always bright.
    12. Tis easier for a camel go to the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man go to heaven.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paul Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountjudkin, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr James Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountjudkin, Co. Tipperary