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1. Proverbs

   

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   Proverb = "Look before you leap."
   = "People in glass-houses can't throw stones."
   = "Lead me up the hill, and lead me down the hill and you can whip me on the level."
   = If you see one magpie you say-
   "One for sorrow
   Two for Joy
   Three for a wedding
   four to die
   Five for silver
   six for gold
   Seven for a secret
   That shall never be told"

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   Proverb - Old people say you should never take out the ashes on a Monday or you would throw out the luck of the week.
   Proverb - "There is no place like home."

   

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3. Proverbs

   

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   Proverb = "Never hit a horse while going down a hill." Proverb = "Two heads is better than one." Lesson = Two people doing a thing is better than one. Proverb = "A stitch in time saves nine." Lesson = If a person mends his clothes first it spares him a lot of mending later on.

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   Language

   English

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   Nicholas Fanning

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   Mr Fanning

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