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School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 082

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    There's no use crying over spilt milk. What is done cannot lie undone. That puts the cap on it. (That puts the finishing touches to it) Theres no fool like an old one. That puts the head sheaf on it. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Faint heart never won fair lady. The worse luck now the better again. Never spur a free horse. It's easy to see how the land lies. One wouldn't think that she put a comb to her hair or a sponge to her face since, I saw her last (said about a person who hasn't changed in appearance. I havent seen her for a long time. (I havent seen her for a life time.) When you see shells you can guess eggs. The pot calling the kettle black. Who ever the caps fits let him
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Robert A. Mason
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnacorkoge, Co. Leitrim