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School: Rahan (roll number 9096)

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Raithean, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Máire Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0370, Page 025

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  2. Proverbs

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    "A good character is better than good fortune."
    "A bad workman quarrels with his tools."
    "A pigs ear can never make mutton."
    "Take things always by the smooth handle."
    "The older the crabtree the more it bears."
    "Its the thunder that frights but the lightning that smites."
    "Many things grow in the garden that never were sown there."
    "Those who cannot have what they like must learn to like what they have."
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