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School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)

Location:
Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 529

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    There is no fireside like your own fireside.
    An ill wind blows nobody good.
    Idleness is a short road to misery.
    Strike the iron while it is hot.
    Far off fields look green.
    All that glitters is not gold.
    A hungry eye sees far.
    Make hay while the sun shines.
    Be it ever so humble there is no place like home.
    A wise man always carries his coat.
    It is a long lane that has no turning.
    Birds of a feather flock together.
    Time is a good storyteller.
    The time and tide they wait for no one.
    The juice of a cow is good alive or dead.
    Your pocket is your friend.
    It takes a dirty wife to make a clean hearthstone.
    She's not all there.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Black
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Muineagh, Co. Donegal