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School: Fairgreen

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 433

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    That fellow would build a nest in your ear and rob it again.
    All your geese are swans.
    Apples will grow again.
    When you give away you old breeches don't cut the buttons off.
    There's no flies on you.
    Every picture tells its story.
    There's not green in my eye.
    Keep your hair on, wigs are dear.
    She's as sweet as sugar.
    Too sweet to be wholesome.
    His bark is worse than his bite.
    That man has one leg in the grave and the other out of it.
    A new broom sweeps clean.
    Seldom smoke without fire.
    Burnt sticks are easily kindled.
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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
    Phyllis Pratt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belturbet, Co. Cavan