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School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)

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Meenbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Coluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 424

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  2. Old Sayings

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    1. It is all better than a bad marriage.
    2. A little pot is soon hot.
    3. There is no good crying over spilt milk.
    4. Light strokes fell great oaks.
    5 Quet words are weighty words.
    6 Mocking is catching.
    7. Hunger is the best of all sauces.
    8. It is the thunder that frights, but the lightning that smites.
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