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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
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    "The truth never choked a man yet."
    "A borrowed horse has hard hoofs."
    "Throwing apples into the orchard."
    "It is only a wisp instead of a brush."
    "Fine feathers make fine birds."
    "He is there to the good like a bad shilling."
    "Hie with the lamb and rise with the bird."
    "Four things that an Irishman can trust, a cows horn, horses hoofs, dogs snarl and English man's laugh."
    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
    Ita Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bawn, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Bawn, Co. Tipperary