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School: Ráth Dairbhe (roll number 10001)

Location:
Páirc na bhFianna, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
Henry Mc Kenna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 444

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    Proverbs.
    "A glutton lives to eat, and a wise man eats to live".
    "A heavy heart seldom combs a grey head".
    "Here's an ould devil's clips and if he gets his tongue at us we'll carry blisters for a week to come".
    "A willful man must have his way".
    "Death takes the young as well as the old".
    "A man might as well be out of the world as out of the fashion".
    "A closed mouth is the sign of a wise head".
    "You have more brains than the pillar of a gate".
    "Blood is thicker than water".
    "Everyone knows that there's never smoke
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. seanfhocail (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Sceith Theorann, Co. Mhuineacháin