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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    7-2-38.
    Old Sayings.
    The sight of you is good for sore eyes. There are none so blind as they that wont see. "She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse. She pays him in his own coin. A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind. Immodest words admit of no defence. For want of decency is want of sense. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
    He who slings mud is losing ground. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to
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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
    Dodie Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon