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School: Tullamore (St. Brigid's)

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Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Sheehy
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    Proverbs
    You pocket is your fiend.
    Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
    Blessings are won by the deed done.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    Work is better than talk.
    A good beginning is half the work.
    It is not possible to be eating and singing.
    Come a day, go a day, God send Sunday.
    Full purse makes a light heart.
    New broom sweep clean.
    Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    Don't praise or dispraise yourself
    A borrowed horse has had hoofs
    Hear, see, and say nothing
    it is a long road that has no
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Arthur Parker
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullamore, Co. Offaly