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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 008

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    1. Hunger is good sauce.
    2. One man could bring a horse for a drink but a thousand could not make him drink
    3. Speak of an ass and he's sure to pass.
    4. Little said is easy mended.
    5. What you do not know won't sicken you.
    6. Hear, see and say nothing.
    7. What the eye does not see the heart will not seek for.
    8. Here to the good like a bad sixpence.
    9. A bush that bends will not be blown down.
    10. There is no use crying over spilt milk, but, let the cat drink it.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Waters
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Waters
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath

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    1. Necessity is the mother of invention.
    2. He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
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