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    (1) A stitch in time saves nine.
    (2) Spare the meal in the mouth of the sack.
    (3) Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    (4) Live horse and you will get grass.
    (5) Too late to spare, when all is spent.
    (6) Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.
    (7) Never count your chickens until they are hatched.
    (8) The wise man always carries his coat.
    (9) Dont put all your eggs in the one basket.
    (10) Make hay while the sun shines.
    (11) As long as the pitcher went to the well its cracked at last.
    (12) Never put off until tomorrow the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Devery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Noggusduff, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs M. Devery
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Noggusduff, Co. Offaly