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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 339

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    He that saves the little saves the big.
    A haw year is a braw (breagh) year.
    Smooth water runs deep
    Self praise is no praise.
    He that slights my horse will buy my horse.
    Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
    More work is less noise.
    A story without an author is not worth anything.
    Birds of a feather flock to-gether.
    An empty sack won't stand.
    The time and tide wait for nobody.
    A hard gathering gets a wide scattering.
    The glutton lives to eat and the wise man eats to live.
    It is a long road that has no turning.
    You can't eat meal and whistle at the same time.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumaneber, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs J. Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumaneber, Co. Meath