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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (roll number 5215)

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Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John McGee
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 225

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  2. Proverbs

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    1. A windy day is not the day for thatching.
    2. What the ear will not hear, will not trouble.
    3. A closed mouth and a wise head.
    4. On the pig's back.
    5. When the wine is in the sense is out.
    6. People meet but the hills or the mountains do not meet.
    7. A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
    8. Throwing apples into the orchard.
    9. A borrowed horse has hard hoofs.
    10. Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
    11. There is no help or cure against death.
    12. The grip of a drowning man.
    13. You cannot whistle and chew meal.
    14. Tell me your company and I will tell you who you are.
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