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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
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Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. Proverbs

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Ó Ruairc
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfarnon, Co. Roscommon

  2. Proverbs

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    59. Plough deep while sluggards sleep and you will have corn to sell and to keep.
    60. Silks and satins often put out the kitchen fire.
    61. As you make the bed, so must you lie.
    62. Better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
    Found by Maire Ni Gaoithin,
    Blackfallow, Knockvicar, Boyle
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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