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School: Carrigabruise

Location:
Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mc Enrae
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    "Faint heart never won fair lady."
    "A blind man is a bad judge of colours."
    "The time and the tide they wait for no man."
    "What is got easily is spent easily."
    "A friend is recognised in hardship."
    "It is a long road that has no turn in it."
    "Don't be hard and don't be soft and don't desert your friend for your own share."
    "Of two evils choose the least."
    "A new broom sweeps clean."
    "A good beginning is half the work."
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisduff, Co. Cavan