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School: Fieldstown, Drogheda (roll number 14462)

Location:
Fieldstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0674, Page 188

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  1. Old Sayings (continued)

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    "One good turn deserves another". "An apple a day keeps the doctor away". "A wise man says little". "You cant throw a stone in a green-house". "A fool and his money are easy departed". "A penny wise, a pound foolish". "Charity begins at home". "A watched kettle never boils".
    Other sayings are "Once bitten twice shy".
    "Well begun is half done".
    "Better late than never".
    "As good out of the world as out of the fashon".
    "There is a slippery stone at a strangers door".
    "A crust of bread and liberty".
    "The longest way round is the shortest way home".
    "When the old cock crows the young one learns".
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    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
    Ann Jane Winters
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fieldstown, Co. Louth