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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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  1. Old Sayings

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    Often the sheep was lost for the half penny worth of tar.
    Go out horse and eat grass.
    Never praise a fair day until the night after the fair.
    Keep the thing for seven years and if it is not wanted then throw it away.
    There is a many a way for killing a cat besides choking him with butter.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    The long way in the bog is the short way coming home.
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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
    James Bernard Grady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonskill, Co. Mayo