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School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

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Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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    1st December 1937
    Proverbs
    There is no feast till a roast and no torment till marriage.
    A good beginning is half the work.
    It is often a person's mouth broke his nose.
    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
    Hunger is a good sauce.
    A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Peter Cooley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullacash North, Co. Kildare