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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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    Searching for a needle in a bundle of straw.
    Your as tight as twopence, or a limpet on a rock.
    If death was a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die.
    You cannot whistle and eat meal.
    A watched pot never boils.
    A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    Every dog has it's day.
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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
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo