School: Baile an Lóin Tighe (Ballinlonty) (roll number 1579)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   “1. Far away hills look green.”

   

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   highest wall is made.
   8 Little by little the sun sinks to rest.
   9 He who laughs last laughs best.
   10 Time is the price of eternity
   11 The longest way round is the shortest way home.
   12 The best of goods are in small parcels.

   

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2. Proverbs

   “(1) What's bred in the blood will break out in the bone.”

   

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   (1) What's bred in the blood will break out in the bone. (2) It's too late to spare when all is spent (3) A half loof is better than no bread (4) The man who never makes mistakes never makes anything. (5) Its better young and broke than old and bent. (6) Do right, and fear no man, don't write and fear no woman. (7) Spring's sowing yields Autumn gatherings (8) A good run is better than a bad stand. (9) A hungry man has a sharp eye. (10) It's a small thorn that wouldn't cause

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