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School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

Location:
Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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    Dead with tea and dead without it.
    A very good year, a foggy Winter, a frosty Spring, a varied Summer and a sunny Autumn.
    A good word never broke a person's mouth.
    The truth never choked any man.
    A closed mouth and a wise head.
    Four things that an Irishman cannot trust a cow's horn, a horse's hoof, a dog's snarl, and an Englishman's laugh.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eillie O Keeffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Trienearagh, Co. Kerry