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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 455

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    56. Your face is your fortune.
    57. "Live horse and you'll get grass."
    58. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    59. Found by Seamus O Ruairc,
    Ballyfarnon, Boyle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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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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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Gaoithin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blackfallow, Co. Roscommon