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   Tis the thudner that frights but the lightning that smites.
   The master's eye make the horse thrive.
   Man proposes but God disposes.
   Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.
   Little dogs start the hare but great ones catch it.
   Its too late to spare when all is spent.
   He sups ill who eats all at dinner.
   He buys honey dear who licks it off thorns.
   He that is convinced against his will is of how own opinion still.
   Do not ride a free horse to death.
   A glutton lives to eat, a wise man eats to live.
   An idle man tempts the devil.
   A place for everything and everything in its proper place.

   You shouldn't count your chickens till they are hatched.
   The way you rear your pup you'll have your dog.
   A stitch in time saves nine.
   Plough deep while sluggards sleep, you will have corn to sell and corn to keep.
   Hills are green far away.
   As wild as a march hare.
   As healthy as a trout.
   As hardy as a wild duck.

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

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   Mr A. Edgeworth

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   Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan

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   Mr D. Mc Mullen

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   Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan

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   Mr G. Henderson

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   Mullanacre Lower, Co. Cavan

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   Mr J. Taylor

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   Cavanagh, Co. Cavan

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   Mrs Mc Mullen

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   Mucklagh, Co. Cavan