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School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 199

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    Look before you leap.
    Long foretold
    Long last
    Short notice
    Soon passed.
    Its never too late to mend.
    Never put old wine in new bottles.
    Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
    Ask not question and you will hear no lies.
    When the cat's away the mice can play.
    Work is better than talk.
    Your son is your son to day but your daughter is your daughter for ever.
    Don't make a custom and don't break a custom.
    The early bird catches the worm.
    Beggars cannot be choosers.
    There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
    March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noel Booker
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossakeel, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Alfred Crawford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stirrupstown, Co. Meath