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School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

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Monksland, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 349

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    17 Work is better than talk.
    18 The truth never choked a man
    19 A full purse makes a light heart.
    20 God made the back for the burden.
    21 Every story has a meaning.
    22 A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
    23 What the ear will not hear won't bother the heart.
    24 A windy day is not a day for thatching.
    25 Time or tide will not wait for no man's bride.
    26 Keep the bone and the dog will follow.
    27 A borrowed horse has hard hoofs.
    28 What is bought deer is sold cheap.
    29 When the cats ae away the mice will play.
    30 A stitch in time saves nine.
    31 It is not the big stones alone that makes the castle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Petestown, Co. Louth