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School: Faythe Convent, Loch gCarman (roll number 11361)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 422

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    1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    2. Waste not, want not.
    3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    4. Don't spend your life idling.
    5. The longer you live the more you know.
    6. The cows far away have long horns.
    7. What is one mans meat is another mans poison.
    8. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
    9. A wet and windy May fills the haggards full of corn and hay.
    10. A shut mouth makes a wise head.
    11. He who fights and turns away will fight again another day.
    12. The pen is mightier than the sword.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl O' Toole
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Toole
    Gender
    Female