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School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Géibheannaigh
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    7. You will not miss the water until the well goes dry.
    8. Too may cooks spoils the broth.
    9. Hunger is good sauce.
    10. It is an ill wind that blows no-body good.
    11. It is a long road that there no turn in.
    12. He is not a wise man that finds a dead man.
    13. For the want of a nail the shoe was lost.
    14. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    15. A stitch in time saves nine.
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