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   8. "You can bring the horse to the pond but you can't make him drink."
   9. "Many hands make light work."
   10. "Kind words cost nothing."
   11. "Look before you leap."
   12. "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched."
   13. "Don't send a boy on a man message."
   14. "All bad work men fault their tools."
   15. "God never closes a gap but he opens another."
   16. "Silence gives consent."
   17. "A bad dog that is not worth whistling for."
   18. "A shut mouth catches no flies."
   Olive Raftery,
   Cloverhill N.S.
   Roscommon.
   Information received from:-
   Miss C. Fallon (age 24)
   Lissagallon,
   Roscommon

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   1. "Leave by a little for a rainy day". 2. "Always taking from the tub and never putting in soon comes to an end". 3. "Those who give all gives none at all". 4."God's mills grind slow but sure". 5. "Gods help is nearer than the door".

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      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nellie Burke

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr Tom Burke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Address

   Lios Uí Ghealáin, Co. Ros Comáin