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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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    3rd November, 1938
    Proverbs.
    A shut mouth catches no flies.
    It's a long lane that has no turning.
    Catch time by the forelock.
    Shining like a cat's eye under a bed.
    It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
    The day after the last storm in Clonmel a friend meeting a local plasterer and slaster [?] remarked "Twas a wild
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Drohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr M. Drohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary