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School: Valleymount

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Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
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Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 095

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 095

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  1. Proverbial Sayings (continued)

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    9. What is not needed is dear at a farthing.
    10. The nearest and dearest must part.
    11. Health is not valued until sickness comes.
    12. If things were done twice all would be fine.
    13. Better late than never.
    14. An ill life an ill end.
    15. A thread in the day makes a skin in the year.
    16. Strike iron while it is hot.
    17. A soft answer turns away wrath.
    18. A disease known is half cured.
    19. Have a place for everything and everything in its place.
    20. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
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