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School: Béal Trágha

Location:
Carrowreagh or Craignacally, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eibhlín Nic Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 428

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    Far away fields look green.
    Dont praise a fair morning till night
    Far away birds wear fair feathers
    Good watching takes the heels of bad luck
    Put a beggar on horse-back and he will ride to the devil.
    Fore warned is fore armed
    God never closed a door but he opened another
    He that laughs last laughs best
    Its a far land that God rules
    He that followes coaches regrets it in the end.
    An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.
    Every cock crows in his own dunghill.
    He is a bad dog but is worth a whistling on
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Charlie Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doagh Isle, Co. Donegal