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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0382

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    Time enough lost the ducks.
    Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
    Don't buy a pig in a bag.
    Feeding the dog with a piece of his own tail.
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  2. Proverbs

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    The leaves will fall and so will we all, when our youth and gloom are over.
    What the eye won't see the heart won't feel.
    No smoke without a fire.
    If you don't sow, you won't mow.
    Keep a thing seven years, and if you don't want it, then turn it, and keep it seven more.
    Marry in May and you'll
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Galway