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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    1. Self praise is no praise.
    2. Work begun is half done.
    3. A good beginning is half the work
    4. Health is better than wealth.
    5. People who live in a glass house should not pelt stones.
    6. Stop talking and go a head with the work.
    7. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    8. Love and a cough cannot be hid
    9. Marry the man you know and do not marry the man you do not know.
    10. Leave the country or be in the fashion.
    11. He who dose not drink but water
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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
    Bridget Fordham
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Daniel Fordham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Kilcolgan, Co. Galway