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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

Location:
Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 348

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    The longer you live the more you hear.
    Its never too late to mend.
    Every cloud has a sliver lining.
    One swallow does'nt make a summer.
    All is not gold that glitters.
    The old dog for the hard road, and the puppy for the path.
    The day of the wind is not the day for thatching.
    Seeing is believing.
    Honesty is the best policy.
    Its a bad wind that does'nt blow good for somebody.
    The world would'nt make a race horse out of an ass.
    The newer the chapel the further from God.
    If I had only a kitten I'd be in the middle of
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lislin, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lislin, Co. Cavan