School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   The best goods is in small parcels. Dont take catch of one mans house to put on another mans house Constant drooping would ware a stone, If you wont to keep a secret hidden tell it to a woman, Bought sence thought sence, Self praise is no praise, Rain in May fills the barn with corn and hay, A old cat never burned himself. Life is precious said the tailor and he running from the gander, You cannot make two bites out of one cherry, A nod is as good as a wink for a blind horse, Keep your shop and your shop will keep you, They are two sides to every story, You cannot expect from a big but a gront, Empty vessels make a great sound, Who ever the cap will fit let them wear it, Shut mouth catches no flies, You cannot expect blood from a turnip, Where ignorance bliss is foul to be wise, Suspicion hand a guilty mind, Kind words are good but good deeds are better, Make the hay while the sun shine, This never too late to mend, Soft April showers fills May with flowers. He who expect nothing is never dissapointed, An old fox dreads the trap, The cat can look at the King, Bad egg bad bird Breeding goes further than training. There is many a change in March Day They early bird finds the first worm. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, What is gathered hard goes soft.

   

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   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. seanfhocail (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Devitt

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cill Ó Muáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann

   Informant

   Daniel Devitt

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Cill Ó Muáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann